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Chamber and committees

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee


Agenda: 25 September 2024

Wednesday, 25 September 2024

14th Meeting, 2024

Start time: 09:30am
Location: T1.40-CR5 The Smith Room
Agenda items:

  1. Decision on taking business in private
  2. Consideration of continued petitions
  3. Consideration of new petitions
  4. Inquiry into A9 Dualling Project

Agenda published: Thursday, 19 September 2024 02:18pm

Full agenda and available meeting papers


1. Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private.


2. Consideration of continued petitions

The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—

PE1856: Support the taxi trade;

PE1958: Extend aftercare for previously looked after young people, and remove the continuing care age cap;

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;

PE1997: Introduce mandatory braille labelling for food products sold in Scotland; and

PE2042: Abolish car parking charges for all Forestry and Land Scotland sites.

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item


3. Consideration of new petitions

The Committee will consider the following new petitions—

PE2097: Repeal the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021;

PE2100: Ministerial guidance to clarify the criteria for assessing licence applications under section 16 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981;

PE2101: Provide Defibrillators for all Primary and Secondary Schools in Scotland;

PE2102: Require anyone found guilty of rape or sexual assault to be registered as a sex offender;

PE2104: End the pause on prescribing puberty blockers to children in Scotland; and

PE2106: Prohibit mobile phone use in Scottish schools.

Papers for this item:


4. Inquiry into A9 Dualling Project

The Committee will consider a revised draft report.

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item