PE2041: Exempt community healthcare staff from parking charges
Petition Summary
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to encourage local authorities to exempt staff working at community healthcare facilities and who don’t have access to free on-site staff parking from on-street parking charges and allow them to care for vulnerable and sick people in our country without it costing them thousands of pounds per year.
Petitioner: John Ronald
Status: Under consideration
Date published: 03 August 2023
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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee consideration
SPICe Briefing (160KB, pdf) posted 24 August 2023
Committee Meetings
06 December 2023: The Committee agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care, COSLA, the Royal College of Nursing, Unison, Unite, and the Allied Health Professionals Federation.
Official Report of Meeting 06 December
Written Submissions
PE2041/A: Scottish Government submission of 7 November 2023 (135KB, pdf) posted 07 November 2023
PE2041/B: Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Scotland submission of 11 January 2024 (91KB, pdf) posted 12 January 2024
PE2041/C: Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery Health and Social Care submission of 11 January 2024 (177KB, pdf) posted 12 January 2024
PE2041/D: Petitioner submission of 13 January 2024 (90KB, pdf) posted 16 January 2024
PE2041/E: COSLA submission of 20 February 2024 (44KB, pdf) posted 14 March 2024
PE2041/F: Unite the Union Scotland written submission, 3 April 2024 (54KB, pdf) posted 15 April 2024
PE2041/G: Allied Health Professionals Federation Scotland (AFPFS) written submission, 5 April 2024 (18KB, pdf) posted 15 April 2024