Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
The Committee focuses on:
- all public petitions submitted to the Parliament and determines if they meet the rules
- deciding what actions should be taken for all public petitions which meet the rules
- reviewing the operation of the public petitions system
- any other forms of public engagement the committee decides to undertake
View current and previous petitions on the public petitions system
Next meeting
7th Meeting, 2024
Agenda: Decision on taking business in private, Consideration of continued petitions, Consideration of continued petitions, Consideration of Evidence, Annual Report
09:30am, 01 May 2024
T1.40-CR5 The Smith Room
Get in touch
If you want to get in touch, you can contact Jyoti Chandola, the Clerk for the committee.
Address: The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP
Phone: 0131 348 5254 Find out about call charges.
Email: [email protected]
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Members
Members of the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Current Members
Jackson Carlaw
Convener
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Eastwood (Constituency)
David Torrance
Deputy Convener
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Kirkcaldy (Constituency)
Foysol Choudhury
Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: Lothian (Region)
Fergus Ewing
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Inverness and Nairn (Constituency)
Maurice Golden
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: North East Scotland (Region)
Substitute Members
Marie McNair
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Clydebank and Milngavie (Constituency)
Oliver Mundell
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Dumfriesshire (Constituency)
Paul Sweeney
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: Glasgow (Region)
Committee work
Current
Official Reports
Official Reports
Meeting date: Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Continued Petitions, New Petitions
Meeting date: Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Continued Petitions, New Petitions
Meeting date: Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Continued Petitions, New Petitions
Meeting date: Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Continued Petitions, New Petitions
Meeting date: Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, A9 Dualling Project, Continued Petitions, New Petitions
Meeting date: Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Interests, Decision on Taking Business in Private, A9 Dualling Project, Continued Petitions, New Petitions
Meeting date: Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Continued Petitions, New Petitions
Meeting date: Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Continued Petitions, New Petitions
Meeting date: Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Continued Petitions, New Petitions
Meeting date: Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Continued Petitions, New Petitions
Reports
Committee reports
Remit
To consider public petitions addressed to the Parliament in accordance with these Rules (and any additional matter added under Rule 6.1.5A) and, in particular, to—
(a) decide in a case of dispute whether a petition is admissible;
(b) decide what action should be taken upon an admissible public petition; and
(c) keep under review the operation of the petitions system.
(d) consider and report on public policy or undertake post-legislative scrutiny through the use of deliberative democracy, Citizen’s Assemblies or other forms of participative engagement.