Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Meeting Agenda
4th Meeting, 2022
- Date: Wednesday, March 9, 2022
- Session: 6
- Location: T1.40-CR5 The Smith Room
- Start time: 09:30am
- Published: Wednesday, March 9, 2022 08:28am
1 Consideration of continued petitions
The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—
PE1896: Provide every primary school child in Scotland with a reusable water bottle and will take evidence from petitioners Callum Isted and James Isted;
PE1812: Protect Scotland's remaining ancient, native and semi-native woodlands and woodland floors and will take evidence from peitioners Audrey Baird and Fiona Baker, and will then proceed to a roundtable discussion with Claudia Rowse - NatureScot, Arina Russell - Woodland Trust Scotland, Doug Howieson - Scottish Forestry, Andy Leitch - Confor and Andrew Weatherall - RSPB;
PE1856: Support the taxi trade;
PE1866: Introduce legislation to improve bus travel for wheelchair users;
PE1870: Ensure teachers of autistic pupils are appropriately qualified;
PE1871: Full review of mental health services; and
PE1904: Change Scots law to disqualify estranged spouses from making claims on an estate.
CPPPC/S6/22/4/1(P) (Private Paper)
Petition PE1896 151KB pdf posted 04/03/2022 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/22/4/2)
CPPPC/S6/22/4/3(P) (Private Paper)
Petition PE1812 280KB pdf posted 04/03/2022 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/22/4/4)
CPPPC/S6/22/4/5(P) (Private Paper)
Petition PE1856 280KB pdf posted 04/03/2022 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/22/4/6)
Petition PE1866 219KB pdf posted 04/03/2022 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/22/4/7)
Petition PE1870 233KB pdf posted 04/03/2022 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/22/4/8)
Petition PE1871 281KB pdf posted 04/03/2022 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/22/4/9)
Petition PE1904 194KB pdf posted 04/03/2022 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/22/4/10)
2 Consideration of new petitions
The Committee will consider the following new petitions—
PE1923: Align the Higher rate tax threshold to £37,501 in line with the rest of the UK;
PE1924: Complete an emergency in-depth review of Women's Health services in Caithness & Sutherland; and
PE1925: Bring the HGV speed limit on major trunk roads to 50mph in line with other parts of the UK.
Petition PE1923 265KB pdf posted 04/03/2022 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/22/4/11)
Petition PE1924 315KB pdf posted 04/03/2022 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/22/4/12)
Petition PE1925 247KB pdf posted 04/03/2022 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/22/4/13)
3 Work programme (Private)
The Committee will consider its work programme.
CPPPC/S6/22/4/14(P) (Private Paper)