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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee


Agenda: 12 November 2025

Wednesday, 12 November 2025

17th Meeting, 2025

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

  1. Decision on taking business in private
  2. Emergency cardiac and stroke care thematic evidence session
  3. Consideration of continued petitions
  4. Consideration of new petitions
  5. Consideration of evidence
  6. Work programme

Agenda published: Thursday, 06 November 2025 02:59pm

Full agenda and available meeting papers


1. Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take items 5 and 6 in private.


2. Emergency cardiac and stroke care thematic evidence session

The Committee will take evidence from—

  • Jenni Minto
    Minister for Public Health and Women's Health
    Scottish Government
  • Kylie Barclay
    Senior Policy Manager, Long Term Conditions Policy
    Scottish Government
  • Martin Macdonald
    Stroke Senior Policy Manager, Long Term Conditions Policy
    Scottish Government
  • Will Wood
    Unit Head, Long Term Conditions Policy
    Scottish Government

Papers for this item:

2 private papers will be discussed during this agenda item


3. Consideration of continued petitions

The Committee will consider the following continued petition—

PE1876: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape

The Committee will take evidence from—

Chief Constable Jo Farrell and Deputy Chief Constable Alan Speirs (Professionalism and Enabling Services), Police Scotland

and then consider—

PE2028: Extend the concessionary bus travel scheme to include people seeking asylum in Scotland;

PE2074: Increase local government funding to help protect the vulnerable elderly population and prevent the closure of care homes;

PE2085: Introduce a statutory definition of residency for Fatal Accident Inquiries into the deaths of Scots abroad;

PE2087: Pass a law making exercising a dog in a cemetery an offence; and

PE2133: Expand ScotRail’s Inter7City routes to include Dunfermline.

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item


4. Consideration of new petitions

The Committee will consider the following new petitions—

PE2178: Introduce mandatory latex labelling for food products sold in Scotland;

PE2181: Remove teachers’ ability to backdate and alter school records; and

PE2182: Review the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act and introduce a minimum sentence for severe offences.


5. Consideration of evidence

The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda items 2 and 3.

Papers for this item:


6. Work programme

The Committee will consider its work programme.

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item


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