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19th Meeting, 2017 (Session 5) Thursday 26 October 2017
2. Consideration of continued petitions: The Committee considered PE1517 by Elaine Holmes and Olive McIlroy on behalf of Scottish Mesh Survivors - "Hear Our Voice" campaign on Polypropylene Mesh Medical Devices.
I agree that we should close the petition under rule 15.7 of standing orders. The issue was recently visited during passage of the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019.
We have to work our way through some uncertainties around issues that would normally require a physical visit, such as significant levels of inventory that we would want to verify.
In the current financial year, between the various ministers in the finance, economy and fair work portfolio, we have had more than 400 visits organised by the business briefing unit, and we are actively promoting the Scottish growth scheme all the time.
There is a slight decrease in funding for Marine Scotland this year, which is concerning. The committee has carried out visits to regional marine planning partnerships.
For example, we heard evidence of situations where an SSPCA inspector goes and visits a trap that contains a live animal that is fighting for its life.
I will name one, in particular: Scotland’s Bravest Manufacturing Company, which I visited a couple of weeks ago. It employs veterans to make signs and, like many other similar organisations, it is doing fantastic work.