Public Petitions Committee, 30 Mar 2009

Meeting date: Monday, March 30, 2009

Official Report 333KB pdf

---

Petitions Process Inquiry

Agenda item 5 is on our inquiry into the public petitions process. It is suggested that we hold two further oral evidence meetings on 21 April and 19 May. Members have received the list of suggested witnesses, which we have discussed. We will also take evidence on our commissioned research, which will echo the earlier points about making the committee more relevant and accountable to the wider community. Are members happy to accept those recommendations on our inquiry?

Members indicated agreement.

The meeting has been a long shift, but the rector of Fraserburgh academy is still with us. I appreciate the support that his teaching and non-teaching staff have provided to make the meeting a success. A buffet lunch is available, although I am conscious of the distance from here back to Aberdeen, as was evidenced in discussion of the petitions. I thank the staff for their kind consideration in supplying lunch.

Finally, I thank the rector for the tremendous work that the school is doing in producing fantastic young citizens. I am sure that, whatever they do in life, they will be a credit to the schools that they have come from. Some of those young faces might appear in the Scottish Parliament in the near future. Good luck to them, whatever they do.

Meeting closed at 13:22.