Chamber and committees

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

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Meeting Agenda

18th Meeting, 2024

• Date: Wednesday, November 27, 2024
• Session: 6
• Location: T1.40-CR5 The Smith Room
• Start time: 09:30am
• Published: Thursday, November 21, 2024 03:46pm

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1 Decision on taking business in private

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

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2 Consideration of continued petitions

The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—

PE2089: Stop More National Parks in Scotland. The Committee will take evidence from—

Mairi Gougeon, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands

Brittany Brown, Policy Lead - New National Parks, Scottish Government

Lisa McCann, Head of Biodiversity, Scottish Government

and then consider—

PE1916: Request a public inquiry into the management of the rest and be thankful project;

PE1967: Protect Loch Lomond’s Atlantic oakwood shoreline by implementing the High road option for the A82 upgrade between Tarbet and Inverarnan;

PE2008: Provide funding for a separate mental health A&E for children;

PE2009: Ensure fair access to Scottish universities for all residents in Scotland and the UK;

PE2050: Prohibit the use of recreational drones on national nature reserves without a permit from NatureScot; and

PE2062: Introduce a National Screening Programme for Prostate Cancer.

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CPPP/S6/24/18/1(P) (Private Paper)

Petition PE2089 posted 21/11/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/18/2, 203KB, pdf)

CPPP/S6/24/18/3(P) (Private Paper)

Petition PE1916 posted 21/11/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/18/4, 369KB, pdf)

Petition PE1967 posted 21/11/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/18/5, 256KB, pdf)

Petition PE2008 posted 21/11/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/18/6, 198KB, pdf)

Petition PE2009 posted 21/11/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/18/7, 292KB, pdf)

Petition PE2050 posted 21/11/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/18/8, 202KB, pdf)

Petition PE2062 posted 21/11/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/18/9, 174KB, pdf)

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3 Consideration of new petitions

The Committee will consider the following new petitions—

PE2109: Halt any further pump storage hydro schemes on Scottish lochs holding wild Atlantic salmon;

PE2116: Accelerate the implementation of bus franchising powers; and

PE2118: Review and restructure Scotland’s flood risk management approach and operations.

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Petition PE2109 posted 21/11/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/18/10, 298KB, pdf)

Petition PE2116 posted 21/11/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/18/11, 331KB, pdf)

Petition PE2118 posted 21/11/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/18/12, 295KB, pdf)

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4 Consideration of evidence

The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.

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