Meeting Agenda
Carol Mochan MSP will be invited to declare any relevant interests.
The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private.
The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—
PE1941: Stop the destruction of headstones within community cemeteries and will take evidence from petitioner Cllr Andrew Stuart Wood and Desmond Barr, Friends of Hawkhead Cemetery;
PE1950: Ensure immunosuppressed people in Scotland can access the Evusheld antibody treatment and will take evidence from Mark Oakley and Nicola Brigden, Evusheld for the UK;
PE1723: Essential tremor treatment in Scotland;
PE1871: Full review of mental health services;
PE1885: Make offering Community Shared Ownership mandatory for all windfarm development planning proposals;
PE1907: Provide funded early learning & childcare for all 2 year olds in Scotland; and
PE1920: Introduce more thorough follow-up care for women with diabetes.
CPPP/S6/23/2/1(P) (Private Paper)
CPPP/S6/23/2/2(P) (Private Paper)
Petition PE1941 posted 02/02/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/2/3, 159KB, pdf)
CPPP/S6/23/2/4(P) (Private Paper)
Petition PE1950 posted 02/02/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/2/5, 288KB, pdf)
Petition PE1723 posted 02/02/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/2/6, 241KB, pdf)
Petition PE1871 posted 02/02/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/2/7, 201KB, pdf)
Petition PE1885 posted 02/02/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/2/8, 231KB, pdf)
Petition PE1907 posted 02/02/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/2/9, 173KB, pdf)
Petition PE1920 posted 02/02/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/2/10, 172KB, pdf)
Petition PE1968 posted 03/02/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/2/11, 291KB, pdf)
Petition PE1979 posted 03/02/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/2/12, 280KB, pdf)
Petition PE1981 posted 03/02/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/2/13, 180KB, pdf)
Petition PE1982 posted 03/02/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/2/14, 226KB, pdf)
The Committee will consider the following new petitions—
PE1968: Restrict perpetrators of domestic abuse from using family court proceedings to continue tormenting their victims;
PE1979: Establish an independent inquiry and an independent national whistleblowing officer to investigate concerns about the alleged mishandling of child safeguarding enquiries by public bodies;
PE1981: Ensure perpetrators of domestic abuse, who have been excluded from the matrimonial home, cannot force the sale of the property; and
PE1982: Review funding arrangements for higher education to help ensure more funded places are available for Scottish ballet dancers at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Petition PE1968 posted 02/02/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/2/11, 291KB, pdf)
Petition PE1979 posted 02/02/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/2/12, 280KB, pdf)
Petition PE1981 posted 02/02/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/2/13, 180KB, pdf)
Petition PE1982 posted 02/02/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/2/14, 226KB, pdf)
The Committee will consider a request to accept an anonymous submission on the following new petition -
PE1979: Establish an independent inquiry and an independent national whistleblowing officer to investigate concerns about the alleged mishandling of child safeguarding enquiries by public bodies