Public Petitions Committee, 20 Nov 2007

Meeting date: Tuesday, November 20, 2007

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New Petitions (Notification)

Committee members have a note of the new petitions that have been lodged. We will have two major meetings before the recess. I have asked Fergus Cochrane to prepare a summary paper for the end of the term on how we wish to handle matters after the recess. I refer both to the number of people who have asked to speak directly to the committee and to the pressure points of petitions that have been lodged. Would members like to comment on the new petitions that have been identified?

I have a query about PE1096 and PE1097. I assume that Dumfries Welfare Rights is an independent organisation and is not part of a local authority.

We will check that. I know that some welfare rights organisations are arms of social work services.

I ask members to stay behind after the meeting to deal with a couple of issues. I thank members of the public for their patience and hope that they have enjoyed this meeting of the Public Petitions Committee.

Meeting closed at 15:53.