Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Agenda: 08 March 2023
Wednesday, 08 March 2023
4th Meeting, 2023
Full agenda and available meeting papers
1. Decision on taking business in private
The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private.
2. Consideration of continued petitions
The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—
PE1867: Establish a new national qualification for British Sign Language (BSL)
PE1931: Improve the R100 rollout by prioritising properties who currently have speeds of less than 5 Mbps
PE1935: Create an Independent Committee to judge whether Scottish Ministers have broken the Ministerial Code
PE1937: To give children the respect they deserve by providing options for privacy when changing for P.E.
PE1938: Introduce compulsory microchipping of cats in Scotland
PE1939: Amend the date of birth to allow wider accessibility to the HPV vaccination programme for boys.
Papers for this item:
Paper 2 - Petition PE1867 (119KB, pdf) posted 02 March 2023
Paper 3 - Petition PE1931 (103KB, pdf) posted 02 March 2023
Paper 4 - Petition PE1935 (231KB, pdf) posted 02 March 2023
Paper 5 - Petition PE1937 (150KB, pdf) posted 02 March 2023
Paper 6 - Petition PE1938 (164KB, pdf) posted 02 March 2023
Paper 7 - Petition PE1939 (260KB, pdf) posted 02 March 2023
1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item
3. Consideration of new petitions
The Committee will consider the following new petitions—
PE1983: Improve the transparency and accountability of Scottish legal courts
PE1988: Review the process for disposal of household raw sewage
PE1989: Increase defibrillators in public spaces and workplaces
PE1990: Introduce a Scottish Parliament question session for young people
PE1994: Review the trial process for sexual offence cases
Papers for this item:
Paper 1 - Petition PE1983 (157KB, pdf) posted 02 March 2023
Paper 2 - Petition PE1988 (252KB, pdf) posted 02 March 2023
Paper 3 - Petition PE1989 (165KB, pdf) posted 02 March 2023
Paper 4 - Petition PE1990 (271KB, pdf) posted 02 March 2023
Paper 5 - Petition PE1994 (128KB, pdf) posted 02 March 2023
4. Consideration of a continued petition
The Committee will consider correspondence to the Scottish Government on the following continued petition -
PE1864: Increase the ability of communities to influence planning decisions for onshore windfarms.
Papers for this item:
1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item