Chamber and committees

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Meeting Agenda

14th Meeting, 2024

Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Session: 6
Location: T1.40-CR5 The Smith Room
Start time: 09:30am
Published: Thursday, September 19, 2024 02:18pm

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.

CPPP/S6/24/14/1(P) (Private Paper)

Petition PE1856 posted 19/09/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/14/2, 180KB, pdf)

Petition PE1958 posted 19/09/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/14/3, 476KB, pdf)

Petition PE1982 posted 19/09/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/14/4, 279KB, pdf)

Petition PE1997 posted 19/09/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/14/5, 277KB, pdf)

Petition PE2042 posted 19/09/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/14/6, 243KB, pdf)

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.

Petition PE2097 posted 19/09/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/14/7, 329KB, pdf)

Petition PE2100 posted 19/09/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/14/8, 261KB, pdf)

Petition PE2101 posted 19/09/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/14/9, 282KB, pdf)

Petition PE2102 posted 19/09/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/14/10, 262KB, pdf)

Petition PE2104 posted 19/09/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/14/11, 259KB, pdf)

Petition PE2106 posted 19/09/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/14/12, 308KB, pdf)

4 Inquiry into A9 Dualling Project

The Committee will consider a revised draft report.

CPPP/S6/24/14/13(P) (Private Paper)