Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Meeting date: Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Official Report 627KB pdf
Contents
- Attendance
- Interests
- Institutionalising Participatory and Deliberative Democracy
- Continued Petitions
- New Petitions
Interests
Good morning and welcome to the sixth meeting in 2022 of the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee.
We have a busy agenda this morning, and we start with a declaration of interests. Since we last met, Ruth Maguire has left the committee. I thank her for the work that she did in the short time she was with us, and I wish her well in the committee to which I understand she has now progressed. We are delighted to welcome Fergus Ewing MSP to the committee in her place.
Fergus, in the time-honoured tradition with which I am sure you are familiar, the floor is yours as we invite you to declare any interests that might be relevant to the committee.
That is a bit of a risky invitation, convener. Suffice it to say, I am delighted to join the committee, which I have always admired as the hallmark of the Scottish Parliament and a distinctive asset in allowing citizens access to it. I am pleased to play a part in it, working across party in a non-partisan fashion.
I declare an interest as a member of the Law Society of Scotland. I am on the roll of solicitors but have not practised in many a moon.