Chamber and committees

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Meeting Agenda

11th Meeting, 2022

Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Session: 6
Location: T1.40-CR5 The Smith Room
Start time: 10:00am
Published: Monday, June 13, 2022 11:11am

1 Scottish Government response to the Expert Working Group report on Institutionalising Participatory and Deliberative Democracy

The Committee will take evidence from George Adam, Minister for Parliamentary Business, Doreen Grove, Head of Open Government, and Gerald Byrne, Team Leader, Constitutional Policy, Scottish Government.

CPPPC/S6/22/11/1(P) (Private Paper)

MfPB Evidence session Cover Note 15 June posted 13/06/2022 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/22/11/2, 215KB, pdf)

CPPPC/S6/22/11/3(P) (Private Paper)

2 Consideration of continued petitions

The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—

PE1845: Agency to advocate for the healthcare needs of rural Scotland
PE1890: Find solutions to recruitment and training challenges for rural healthcare in Scotland
PE1915: Reinstate Caithness County Council and Caithness NHS Board
PE1924: Complete an emergency in-depth review of Women's Health services in Caithness & Sutherland

Petition PE1845 posted 13/06/2022 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/22/11/4, 225KB, pdf)

Petition PE1890 posted 13/06/2022 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/22/11/5, 209KB, pdf)

Petition PE1915 posted 13/06/2022 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/22/11/6, 256KB, pdf)

Petition PE1924 posted 13/06/2022 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/22/11/7, 303KB, pdf)

3 Consideration of new petitions

The Committee will consider the following new petitions—

PE1932: Ban smoking in Scotland and develop a strategy for vaping
PE1933: Allow the Fornethy Survivors to access Scotland’s redress scheme

Petition PE1932 posted 13/06/2022 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/22/11/8, 274KB, pdf)

Petition PE1933 posted 13/06/2022 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/22/11/9, 386KB, pdf)

4 Consideration of continued petitions

The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—

PE1864: Increase the ability of communities to influence planning decisions for onshore windfarms, and will take evidence from Tom Arthur, Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth, Andy Kinnaird, Head of Transforming Planning, and Neal Rafferty, Senior Adviser, Heat in Buildings Strategy, Scottish Government; and
PE1885: Make offering Community Shared Ownership mandatory for all windfarm development planning proposals, and will take evidence from Tom Arthur, Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth, Andy Kinnaird, Head of Transforming Planning, and Neal Rafferty, Senior Adviser, Heat in Buildings Strategy, Scottish Government.

Petition PE1864 posted 13/06/2022 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/22/11/10, 349KB, pdf)

Petition PE1885 posted 13/06/2022 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/22/11/11, 129KB, pdf)

CPPPC/S6/22/11/12(P) (Private Paper)