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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Meeting date: 25 October 2023
Foysol Choudhury
Yes, to ask the SPCB to consider holding joint sessions. That would give—
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Meeting date: 25 October 2023
Foysol Choudhury
I have had a few meetings with youth parliamentarians and they have suggested that they want more engagement with MSPs.
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Meeting date: 25 October 2023
Foysol Choudhury
I had a few meetings with some of the firefighters as well. The chief officer, however, has been put in a situation where, if the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service does not have enough funding, it has to make decisions. Sometimes, it depends on the funding. It is important that we find out about the issue.
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Meeting date: 4 October 2023
Foysol Choudhury
It looks like we had more cabinet secretaries and ministers than work done on the project. I do not want to repeat what my colleagues have asked, but is there a possibility that we can get a map of all the promises that were made and which ones have been completed and not completed? Can we also get a map of how many cabinet secretaries and ministers we had during that period? It is difficult for people like us who are new to the committee. I am sure that it will be clear for us to see when the project was promised and how much money was spent on the inquiries rather than the work.
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Meeting date: 4 October 2023
Foysol Choudhury
Is the Scottish Government doing anything to protect the under-18s? The vaping industry is targeting youngsters, as well as non-smokers, with all these flavours, but I do not know whether the Government is doing anything about that.
You are right, convener—we need to find somebody else or some other organisations, because ASH will just agree with the Scottish Government. There might well be other organisations; indeed, we could have a round-table discussion with community organisations, too.
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Meeting date: 4 October 2023
Foysol Choudhury
We should certainly ask for a breakdown of what other actions are planned.
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Meeting date: 4 October 2023
Foysol Choudhury
I would be interested to know which officials were involved. My point goes back to you, convener: we need a clear map of where everything went wrong and how much money was spent on the inquiries.
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Meeting date: 4 October 2023
Foysol Choudhury
Data protection and privacy could be affected as well. We see quite a lot of stuff online. People post footage of cyclists and people in private cars. What measures will the police or the law take to protect them?
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Meeting date: 20 September 2023
Foysol Choudhury
We should ask for a timeline as well.
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Meeting date: 20 September 2023
Foysol Choudhury
I am surprised to see that we have only five Scottish students in the years from 2009 to 2022. We should write to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland to find out the exact figure for how many Scottish students have received funding, and whether there is a cap. I know that the conservatoire is saying that there is no cap, but it is surprising that there are only five every year.