Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Meeting Agenda
1st Meeting, 2022
- Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2022
- Session: 6
- Location: www.scottishparliament.tv
- Start time: 10:15am
- Published: Wednesday, January 26, 2022 10:05am
1 Declaration of interests:
Ruth Maguire MSP will be invited to declare any relevant interests.
2 Consideration of continued petitions:
The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—
PE1723: Essential tremor treatment in Scotland;
PE1855: Pardon and memorialise those convicted under the Witchcraft Act 1563;
PE1873: Provide hypnotherapy for the treatment of mental health, psychosomatic disorders and chronic pain;
PE1877: Provide body cameras for all frontline NHS staff;
PE1878: Investigate prosecutions under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003;
PE1881: Longer sentences for paedophiles and sexual predators;
PE1883: Open all toddler and baby activities within Tier 3 of COVID-19 /future pandemic lockdowns;
PE1888: Full legal protection for hedgehogs and moles;
PE1889: Financial support for self-employed people in the travel industry;
PE1891: Make swimming lessons a statutory requirement in the primary school curriculum; and
PE1894: Permit a medical certificate of cause of death (MCCD) to be independently reviewed.
CPPP/S6/22/1/1(P) (Private Paper)
Petition PE1723 162KB pdf posted 14/01/2022 (Ref: CPPP/S6/22/1/2)
Petition PE1855 132KB pdf posted 14/01/2022 (Ref: CPPP/S6/22/1/3)
Petition PE1873 113KB pdf posted 14/01/2022 (Ref: CPPP/S6/22/1/4)
Petition PE1877 113KB pdf posted 14/01/2022 (Ref: CPPP/S6/22/1/5)
Petition PE1878 131KB pdf posted 14/01/2022 (Ref: CPPP/S6/22/1/6)
Petition PE1881 149KB pdf posted 14/01/2022 (Ref: CPPP/S6/22/1/7)
Petition PE1883 134KB pdf posted 14/01/2022 (Ref: CPPP/S6/22/1/8)
Petition PE1888 116KB pdf posted 14/01/2022 (Ref: CPPP/S6/22/1/9)
Petition PE1889 121KB pdf posted 14/01/2022 (Ref: CPPP/S6/22/1/10)
Petition PE1891 133KB pdf posted 14/01/2022 (Ref: CPPP/S6/22/1/11)
Petition PE1894 153KB pdf posted 26/01/2022 (Ref: CPPP/S6/22/1/12)
3 Consideration of new petitions:
The Committee will consider the following new petitions—
PE1909: Remove the "gender-based crime" domestic abuse narrative and make it gender neutral and equal;
PE1912: Funding for council venues;
PE1914: Ban school uniforms in secondary schools; and
PE1916: Request a public inquiry into the management of the rest and be thankful project.
Petition PE1909 306KB pdf posted 14/01/2022 (Ref: CPPP/S6/22/1/13)
Petition PE1912 331KB pdf posted 14/01/2022 (Ref: CPPP/S6/22/1/14)
Petition PE1914 207KB pdf posted 14/01/2022 (Ref: CPPP/S6/22/1/15)
Petition PE1916 241KB pdf posted 14/01/2022 (Ref: CPPP/S6/22/1/16)