The committee will meet at 10:00am at Committee Room 5 and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv.
1. Declarations of interests: Julie MacDougall and David Torrance will be invited to declare any relevant interests.
2. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private.
3. Consideration of continued petitions:
The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—
PE1370: Justice for Megrahi;
PE1458: Register of Interests for members of Scotland's judiciary;
PE2136: Make non-fatal strangulation a standalone criminal offence in Scotland;
PE1933: Allow the Fornethy Survivors to access Scotland’s redress scheme;
PE1979: Establish an independent inquiry and an independent national whistleblowing officer;
PE2099: Stop the proposed centralisation of specialist neonatal units in NHS Scotland;
PE2161: Extend the time period for complaints through the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman for neurodivergent people to two years; and
PE2202: Stop the Guga Hunt.
4. Consideration of new petitions:
The Committee will consider the following new petitions—
PE2212: Conduct a national review of local authority safeguarding and equality compliance frameworks;
PE2213: Introduce the Small Animal road signs in Scotland;
PE2215: Introduce a Statutory National Anti-Bullying Policy and Strengthen Consequences for Bullying in Scottish Schools;
PE2216: Extend Young Persons' Free Bus Travel to include all under-26s;
PE2219: Review the Mandatory Minimum Five-Year Prison Sentence for Firearms Offences; and
PE2220: Support Retrofit Training for a Greener Scotland and Just Transition.
5. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme.
For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee at [email protected]