Chamber and committees

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

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Meeting Agenda

10th Meeting, 2025

• Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2025
• Session: 6
• Location: T1.40-CR5 The Smith Room
• Start time: 09:30am
• Published: Monday, June 9, 2025 10:50am

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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—

PE2105: Safeguard Scottish Listed Buildings at risk of unnecessary demolition. The Committee will take evidence from—

Hazel Johnson, Director, Built Environment Forum Scotland

Professor Gordon Masterton, Chair, Institute of Civil Engineers Panel for Historical Engineering Works

Laura Shanks, Chair, Local Authority Building Standards Scotland 

and then consider—

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

PE1946: To call on the Scottish Government to pay all charges for homeless temporary accommodation;

PE1988: Review the process for disposal of household raw sewage;

PE2041: Exempt community healthcare staff from parking charges;

PE2095: Improve the public consultation processes for energy infrastructure projects;

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

PE2106: Prohibit mobile phone use in Scottish schools.

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CPPP/S6/25/10/1(P) (Private Paper)

Petition PE2105 posted 29/05/2025 (Ref: CPPP/S6/25/10/2, 228KB, pdf)

CPPP/S6/25/10/3(P) (Private Paper)

Petition PE1934 posted 29/05/2025 (Ref: CPPP/S6/25/10/4, 150KB, pdf)

Petition PE1946 posted 29/05/2025 (Ref: CPPP/S6/25/10/5, 192KB, pdf)

Petition PE1988 posted 29/05/2025 (Ref: CPPP/S6/25/10/6, 196KB, pdf)

Petition PE2041 posted 29/05/2025 (Ref: CPPP/S6/25/10/7, 182KB, pdf)

Petition PE2095 posted 29/05/2025 (Ref: CPPP/S6/25/10/8, 243KB, pdf)

Petition PE2103 posted 29/05/2025 (Ref: CPPP/S6/25/10/9, 218KB, pdf)

Petition PE2106 posted 29/05/2025 (Ref: CPPP/S6/25/10/10, 245KB, pdf)

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3 Consideration of new petitions

The Committee will consider the following new petitions—

PE2142: Review the policy on school commencement and deferred school entry in Scotland;

PE2143: Introduce legislation to require all landlords to tackle damp and mould to specified standards; and 

PE2149: Install speed cameras near schools.

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Petition PE2142 posted 29/05/2025 (Ref: CPPP/S6/25/10/11, 251KB, pdf)

Petition PE2143 posted 29/05/2025 (Ref: CPPP/S6/25/10/12, 206KB, pdf)

Petition PE2149 posted 29/05/2025 (Ref: CPPP/S6/25/10/13, 172KB, 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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