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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee


Meeting Agenda

15th Meeting, 2024

  • Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2024
  • Session: 6
  • Location: T1.40-CR5 The Smith Room
  • Start time: 09:30am
  • Published: Thursday, October 3, 2024 02:58pm

1 Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take items 4 & 5 in private.


2 Consideration of continued petitions

The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—

PE1862: Introduce community representation on boards of public organisations delivering lifeline services to island communities;

PE1931: Improve the R100 rollout by prioritising properties who currently have speeds of less than 5 Mbps;

PE1934: Develop an educational resource on gender-based violence for all year groups in High School;

PE1990: Introduce a Scottish Parliament question session for young people;

PE2038: Commission suitable NHS services for people with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and hyper mobility spectrum disorders;

PE2041: Exempt community healthcare staff from parking charges; 

PE2048: Review the FAST stroke awareness campaign; and

PE2049 Introduce buffer zones outside migrant accommodation.



3 Consideration of new petitions

The Committee will consider the following new petitions—

PE2103: Legislate to standardise the prescribed learning hours for Primary and Secondary schools in Scotland;

PE2105: Safeguard Scottish Listed Buildings at risk of unnecessary demolition;

PE2107: Use more money recovered from the proceeds of crime to support community-based charities that train animals to assist in the detection of drugs; and

PE2108: Obtain a second medical opinion before detainment under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003.



4 Work programme

The Committee will consider its work programme.



5 Inquiry into A9 Dualling Project

The Committee will consider a revised draft report.



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