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Nuclear Installations (Employee Safety) (IP22)
The final item is inadmissible petitions. IP22, which is from Munro and Noble Estate Agents on behalf of Mrs Jeannie Gillen, calls for the Parliament to investigate whether the safety precautions that are taken by the nuclear industry to protect its employees are sufficient and adequate and requests the setting up of a statutory scheme for compensation for nuclear workers who contract certain specified illnesses as a result of their work. As the documentation indicates, all those matters are reserved to Westminster and the petition is therefore inadmissible. The clerk has been in touch with Mrs Gillen and has agreed that we will forward the petition to the appropriate Westminster minister and will advise her about how to pursue the matter through Westminster.
Mrs Gillen is a constituent for whom I have acted for many years. I am in no doubt that she is absolutely right.
The matter is out of our hands, as you would say. Is there any other competent business?
Is there a convener's report?
There will be a convener's report at our next meeting, which is on 23 April. Thank you for your attendance and forbearance during a very long meeting.
Meeting closed at 12:46.
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