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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Meeting date: 8 February 2023
David Torrance
Perhaps Nikola Brigden has something to add.
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Meeting date: 8 February 2023
David Torrance
Nikola Brigden, do you have anything to add?
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Meeting date: 8 February 2023
David Torrance
I am looking at the size of the metal rods in the pictures. Mr Barr, how hard would it be for a headstone to fall over if the rods had been inserted but the cement base had still gone round a bit?
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Meeting date: 8 February 2023
David Torrance
The practices of laying headstones down flat and digging trenches around them have been heavily criticised. Is it feasible to ban or restrict those practices?
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Meeting date: 8 February 2023
David Torrance
Is it feasible to ban or restrict the practices of laying headstones down flat and digging trenches around them?
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Meeting date: 8 February 2023
David Torrance
Could the committee write first to the Scottish Law Commission to ask whether the issues that are raised in the petition will be looked at in phase 2 of its review of aspects of family law?
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Meeting date: 8 February 2023
David Torrance
I will ask Mark Oakley first.
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Meeting date: 8 February 2023
David Torrance
It looks as though you would have to physically lift it out for it to come out. That is what I was trying to get at.
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Meeting date: 8 February 2023
David Torrance
On the point about communication, surely there must be records of the people who have the plots whom the council could contact.
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 7 February 2023
David Torrance
Good morning, everybody. Do you think that the patient safety commissioner should be independent of the Scottish Government and the NHS, and, if so, do the provisions in the bill ensure that independence? I will go to Rosemary Agnew first.