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SPICe Briefing (112.3KB, pdf) (112KB, pdf) posted 22 November 2021

Committee Meetings

1 December 2021: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government and the Royal College of Pathologists. 

Official Report of Meeting 1 December 2021

4 May 2022: The Committee agreed to write to the Coroners' Society of England and Wales and the Royal College of Pathologists.

Official Report of Meeting 4 May 2022

21 December 2022: The Committee agreed to invite coroners and pathologists to give evidence. It also agreed to invite the relevant Minister to give evidence on the issues raised in the petition.

Official Report of Meeting 21 December 2022

17 May 2023: The Committee took evidence by video-link from —

Dr James Adeley, Senior Coroner, Lancashire

Dr Simon Beardmore, Consultant Radiologist, Lancashire

Ann Edwards, Coroner Services Manager, Lancashire and Blackburn with  Darwen Council

Dr Mark Sissons, Consultant Pathologist, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 

and agreed to consider the evidence heard at a future meeting. The Committee also agreed to invite the relevant Minister to give evidence at a future meeting.  

Official Report of Meeting 17 May 2023

14 June 2023: The Committee took evidence from —
Rt Hon. Dorothy Bain KC, Lord Advocate, and Andy Shanks, Head of the Scottish Fatalities Investigation Unit, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service 

and agreed to consider the evidence at a later meeting. 

Official Report of Meeting 14 June 2023

6 September 2023: The Committee agreed to write to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service and the Royal College of Pathologists and to delegate authority to the clerks to invite views from other relevant organisations.

Official Report of Meeting 06 September 2023

Written submissions

PE1911/A: Petitioner submission of 11 October 2021

PE1911/B: Scottish Government submission of 15 November 2021

PE1911/C: The Scottish Council of Jewish Communities submission of 16 November 2021

PE1911/D: Scottish Government submission of 5 January 2021

PE1911/E: The Royal College of Pathologists submission of 10 January 2022 

PE1911/F: Melissa O’Sullivan submission of 25 January 2022

PE1911/H: Marion Odonnell submission of 9 February 2022 (52.3KB, pdf) (52KB, pdf) posted 17 March 2022

PE1911/I: Dorothy Barr submission of 9 February 2022 (47.9KB, pdf) (48KB, pdf) posted 17 March 2022

PE1911/J: Yvonne Logan submission of 15 February 2022  (54.5KB, pdf) (54KB, pdf) posted 27 April 2022

PE1911/K: Lydia Reid submission of 24 April 2022  (88.1KB, pdf) (88KB, pdf) posted 27 April 2022

PE1911/L: Petitioner submission of 27 April 2022  (98.1KB, pdf) (98KB, pdf) posted 27 April 2022

PE1911/M: Gerard Stark submission of 17 February 2022  (57.2KB, pdf) (57KB, pdf) posted 27 April 2022

PE1911/O: Darren Purse submission of 17 February 2022 (55.1KB, pdf) (55KB, pdf) posted 03 May 2022

PE1911/P: Aidan Curivan submission of 26 September 2022 (68.8KB, pdf) (69KB, pdf) posted 11 October 2022

PE1911/Q: Jack Docherty submission of 29 September 2022  (49.8KB, pdf) (50KB, pdf) posted 11 October 2022

PE1911/R: Teresa Stark submission of 29 September 2022  (41.8KB, pdf) (42KB, pdf) posted 11 October 2022

PE1911/S: David Kerr submission of 30 September 2022  (43.5KB, pdf) (44KB, pdf) posted 11 October 2022

PE1911/T: Peter Stark submission of 8 October 2022 (94.8KB, pdf) (95KB, pdf) posted 28 October 2022

PE1911/U: The Royal College of Pathologists submission of 19 October 2022  (55KB, pdf) (55KB, pdf) posted 28 October 2022

PE1911/W: Veronica Farr submission of 30 October 2022 (61.9KB, pdf) (62KB, pdf) posted 10 November 2022

PE1911/X: Pauline Hughes submission of 4 November 2022  (87KB, pdf) (87KB, pdf) posted 10 November 2022

PE1911/Y: Ian Stewart submission of 5 November 2022  (89.3KB, pdf) (89KB, pdf) posted 10 November 2022

PE1911/Z: Rae McGilvray submission of 6 November 2022 (86.2KB, pdf) (86KB, pdf) posted 10 November 2022

PE1911/AA: Chris Dunn submission of 15 November 2022 (54.6KB, pdf) (55KB, pdf) posted 23 November 2022

PE1911/BB:Caroline Sheikh submission of 20 October 2022  (50.1KB, pdf) (50KB, pdf) posted 23 November 2022

PE1911/CC: Audrey Cafferty submission of 9 November 2022  (7.9KB, pdf) (8KB, pdf) posted 13 December 2022

PE1911/DD: Suzanne Kyle submission of 17 November 2022  (7.5KB, pdf) (8KB, pdf) posted 13 December 2022

PE1911/EE: Lydia Reid submission of 17 November 2022  (92.8KB, pdf) (93KB, pdf) posted 13 December 2022

PE1911/FF: Christine McKenzie submission of 20 November 2022  (58.7KB, pdf) (59KB, pdf) posted 14 December 2022

PE1911/GG: Melissa O’Sullivan submission of 20 November 2022  (59.6KB, pdf) (60KB, pdf) posted 13 December 2022

PE1911/HH: Petitioner submission of 5 December 2022  (104.8KB, pdf) (105KB, pdf) posted 13 December 2022

PE1911/II: Chief Coroner submission of 15 December 2022  (68.3KB, pdf) (68KB, pdf) posted 15 December 2022

PE1911/JJ: Katy Clark MSP submission of 15 December 2022  (54.7KB, pdf) (55KB, pdf) posted 15 December 2022

PE1911/KK: Wendy Millar submission of 13 March 2023 (55KB, pdf) (55KB, pdf) posted 20 March 2023

PE1911/LL: Petitioner submission of 11 May 2023 (53KB, pdf) (53KB, pdf) posted 11 May 2023

PE1911/MM: Petitioner submission of 5 June 2023 (158KB, pdf) (158KB, pdf) posted 07 June 2023

PE1911/NN: Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service submission of 29 June 2023 (76KB, pdf) (76KB, pdf) posted 18 July 2023

PE1911/OO: Petitioner submission of 30 August 2023 (68KB, pdf) (68KB, pdf) posted 31 August 2023

PE1911/PP: Petitioner submission of 30 August 2023 (161KB, pdf) (161KB, pdf) posted 31 August 2023

PE1911/QQ: Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service submission of 5 October 2023 (12KB, pdf) (12KB, pdf) posted 17 October 2023

PE1911/RR: The Royal College of Radiologists submission of 5 October 2023 (61KB, pdf) (61KB, pdf) posted 17 October 2023

PE1911/SS: Royal College of Pathologists submission of 20 October 2023 (96KB, pdf) (96KB, pdf) posted 26 October 2023