Chamber and committees

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

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Meeting Agenda

15th Meeting, 2025

• Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2025
• Session: 6
• Location: T1.40-CR5 The Smith Room
• Start time: 09:30am
• Published: Thursday, October 2, 2025 03:41pm

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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.

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CPPP/S6/25/15/1(P) (Private Paper)

Petition PE1865 posted 02/10/2025 (Ref: CPPP/S6/25/15/2, 186KB, pdf)

Petition PE1979 posted 02/10/2025 (Ref: CPPP/S6/25/15/3, 282KB, pdf)

Petition PE2056 posted 02/10/2025 (Ref: CPPP/S6/25/15/4, 169KB, pdf)

Petition PE2099 posted 02/10/2025 (Ref: CPPP/S6/25/15/5, 256KB, pdf)

Petition PE2129 posted 02/10/2025 (Ref: CPPP/S6/25/15/6, 192KB, pdf)

Petition PE2137 posted 02/10/2025 (Ref: CPPP/S6/25/15/7, 157KB, pdf)

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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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Petition PE2166 posted 02/10/2025 (Ref: CPPP/S6/25/15/8, 207KB, pdf)

Petition PE2167 posted 02/10/2025 (Ref: CPPP/S6/25/15/9, 169KB, pdf)

Petition PE2168 posted 02/10/2025 (Ref: CPPP/S6/25/15/10, 185KB, pdf)

Petition PE2169 posted 02/10/2025 (Ref: CPPP/S6/25/15/11, 173KB, pdf)

Petition PE2170 posted 02/10/2025 (Ref: CPPP/S6/25/15/12, 199KB, pdf)

Petition PE2171 posted 02/10/2025 (Ref: CPPP/S6/25/15/13, 194KB, pdf)

Petition PE2173 posted 02/10/2025 (Ref: CPPP/S6/25/15/14, 215KB, pdf)

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