Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
18th Meeting, 2025
The Committee will decide whether to take items 4 and 5 in private.
The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—
PE2099: Stop the proposed centralisation of specialist neonatal units in NHS Scotland. The Committee will take evidence from—
Dr Stephen Wardle, President, British Association of Perinatal Medicine
and then from—
Jim Crombie, Co-Chair, Perinatal Subgroup
Dr Andrew Murray, Co-Chair, Perinatal Subgroup
and then consider—
PE1723: Essential tremor treatment in Scotland;
PE1871: Full review of mental health services;
PE2017: Extend the period that specialist perinatal mental health support is made available beyond one year;
PE2070: Stop same-day-only GP appointment systems;
PE1911: Review of Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006 as it relates to post-mortems;
PE1962: Stop motorhomes parking overnight out with formal campsites, caravan parks and Aires;
PE1976: Backdate council tax discounts for dementia to the date of GP certification;
PE2130: Make it illegal to remove all the hair from a horse’s tail;
PE2132: Publish a timeline for the dualling of the A96 between Inverness and Nairn by Easter 2025;
PE2135: Implement the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) in Scottish legislation;
PE2140: Introduce a parking badge for pregnant women; and
PE2146: Allow the use of privately sourced donor eggs in NHS funded IVF treatment.
Papers for this item:
Petition PE2099 (227KB, pdf) posted 20 November 2025
Healthcare petitions (241KB, pdf) posted 20 November 2025
Petition PE1723 (139KB, pdf) posted 20 November 2025
Petition PE1871 (168KB, pdf) posted 20 November 2025
Petition PE2017 (167KB, pdf) posted 20 November 2025
Petition PE2070 (153KB, pdf) posted 20 November 2025
Petition PE1911 (206KB, pdf) posted 20 November 2025
Petition PE1962 (168KB, pdf) posted 20 November 2025
Petition PE1976 (154KB, pdf) posted 20 November 2025
Petition PE2130 (169KB, pdf) posted 20 November 2025
Petition PE2132 (157KB, pdf) posted 20 November 2025
Petition PE2135 (296KB, pdf) posted 20 November 2025
Petition PE2140 (139KB, pdf) posted 20 November 2025
Petition PE2146 (152KB, pdf) posted 20 November 2025
2 private papers will be discussed during this agenda item
The Committee will consider the following new petitions—
PE2180: Review the procedures and case progress timelines for the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland;
PE2183: Make Suicide Awareness and Prevention training mandatory for high school students;
PE2185: Introduce stronger safeguards around the use of digital material in court proceedings;
PE2187: Reinstate 6-monthly dental check-ups for state pensioners; and
PE2188: Extend the National Entitlement Card scheme to include ferry travel for people aged 60 and over.
The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.
Papers for this item:
Petition PE2180 (199KB, pdf) posted 20 November 2025
Petition PE2183 (153KB, pdf) posted 20 November 2025
Petition PE2185 (158KB, pdf) posted 20 November 2025
Petition PE2187 (156KB, pdf) posted 20 November 2025
Petition PE2188 (161KB, pdf) posted 20 November 2025
The Committee will consider its work programme.
Papers for this item:
1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item