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Chamber and committees

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee


Agenda: 11 March 2026

Wednesday, 11 March 2026

6th Meeting, 2026

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

  1. Decision on taking business in private
  2. Consideration of continued petitions
  3. Decision on publication of submission
  4. Annual report
  5. Legacy report

Agenda published: Tuesday, 10 March 2026 03:18pm

Full agenda and available meeting papers


1. Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take items 3, 4 and 5 in private.


2. Consideration of continued petitions

The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—

PE1933: Allow the Fornethy Survivors to access Scotland’s redress scheme;

PE2062: Introduce a National Screening Programme for Prostate Cancer;

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

PE2132; Publish a timeline for the dualling of the A96 between Inverness and Nairn by Easter 2025;

PE2139:Automatic expulsion for children charged with committing a crime against another child;

PE2190: Hold an inquiry into grooming gangs in Scotland;

PE2208: Implement mandatory collection and publication of child sexual offender data; and

PE2202: Stop the Guga Hunt.

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item


3. Decision on publication of submission

The Committee will decide whether to accept a request to provide an anonymous submission for petition PE2190: Hold an inquiry into grooming gangs in Scotland.

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item


4. Annual report

The Committee will consider a draft annual report for the parliamentary year from 13 May 2025 to 8 April 2026.

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item


5. Legacy report

The Committee will consider a draft legacy report.

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item