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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee


Agenda: 08 October 2025

Wednesday, 08 October 2025

15th Meeting, 2025

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

  1. Consideration of continued petitions
  2. Consideration of new petitions

Agenda published: Thursday, 02 October 2025 03:41pm

Full agenda and available meeting papers


1. Consideration of continued petitions

The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—

PE1865: Suspend all surgical mesh and fixation devices;

PE1979: Establish an independent inquiry and an independent national whistleblowing officer to investigate concerns about the alleged mishandling of child safeguarding enquiries by public bodies;

PE2056: Introduce legislation allowing Scottish Ministers to intervene on the hire of public land;

PE2099: Stop the proposed centralisation of specialist neonatal units in NHS Scotland;

PE2129: Standardise criteria and consultations for assessing demand for denominational schools; and

PE2137: Fair regulation for non-medical aesthetic injectors.

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item


2. Consideration of new petitions

The Committee will consider the following new petitions—

PE2166: Establish a standardised timeframe for civil proceedings in child custody cases;

PE2167: Stop the pavement parking ban for Scottish roads built before 2019;

PE2168: Guarantee Legal Aid for "Death or Serious Injury" victims in legal action against Police Scotland;

PE2169: Facilitate a review and upgrade of the teaching resource ‘Palestine and Israel, understanding the conflict’;

PE2170: Abolish the General Teaching Council for Scotland;

PE2171: Stop the use of prisons for punishment and focus them on public protection; and

PE2173: Ban ultra-processed foods in school meals.

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