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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee


Meeting Agenda

8th Meeting, 2025

  • Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2025
  • Session: 6
  • Location: T1.40-CR5 The Smith Room
  • Start time: 09:30am
  • Published: Thursday, May 1, 2025 04:43pm

1 Decision on taking business in private

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


2 Consideration of continued petitions

The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—

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

PE1989: Increase defibrillators in public spaces and workplaces;

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

PE2018: Recognise the value of swimming pools and provide financial relief to help keep pools open;

PE2034: Stop the current proposals for Highly Protected Marine Areas (HMPAs) in Scotland;

PE2081: Make chronic kidney disease a key clinical priority;

PE2082: Improve the support provided to families affected by cot death;

PE2083: Review the rules to ensure that no dog becomes more dangerous as a result of breed specific regulations;

PE2090: Update the legislation granting permission for Digital Display Boards; and

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



3 Consideration of a new petition

The Committee will consider the following new petition—

PE2147: Create more women-only homeless accommodation that protects and meets the specific needs of women



4 Consideration of report

The Committee will consider the draft report: A blueprint for participation - embedding deliberative democracy in the work of the Scottish Parliament. 



5 Petition signature process

The Committee will consider the process for requests to remove signatures from petitions.



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