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Official Report Meeting date: 12 June 2001

Local Government Committee, 12 Jun 2001

It might require primary legislation to change the date of the Scottish Parliament elections, whereas the Scottish Parliament can change the date of the local elections.

Petitions Last updated: 6 May 2025

Historic petitions

PE00500: increase, at the earliest possible date, the amount on offer to former members of the Scottish Transport Group Pension Funds so that they receive maximum benefit from the pension funds surplus PE00501: investigate and propose changes to current bankruptcy procedures to ensure that Judges and Sheriffs are unable to allow litigations to proceed when they are aware that the relevant statutory provisions are not being complied with PE00502: show firm commitment to provide digital hearings aids and modernise audiology service in Scotland PE00503: take the necessary steps to ban smoking from all public places in Scotland PE00504: take the necessary steps to stop convicted murderers or members of their families from profiting from their crimes by selling accounts of their crimes for publication PE00505: take the necessary steps to return the stone of Scone to the community of Scone PE00506: take steps to erect a statue of William Wallace Scotland's national hero outside the Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh PE00507: take the necessary steps to review the current system for the adoption of roads and pavements by local authorities and to consider whether this system needs to be modernised PE00508: take the necessary steps to review the implementation of the Environmental Impact Assessment and Planning Advice Note 58 guidelines PE00509: take the necessary steps to change planning procedures and review the legislation affecting certain types of development such as crematoria PE00510: urge the Scottish Executive not to agree to the use of the Cape Wrath ranges as a large-scale military exercises, during its consultations with the Ministry of Defence in July 2002 PE00511: investigate the alleged failure of the current bankruptcy statute and to propose changes to current procedures PE00512: (a) endorse the 1989 guidance published by the Ministry of Defence which defines the blue of the Saltire as Azure Blue and (b) urge the Scottish Executive to publish guidance on this matter PE00513: do everything in its power to ensure that (a) people living in rural areas will continue to be able to send and receive mail at the same stamp cost as people elsewhere in the United Kingdom and (b) there is no reduction in the current universal post PE00514: (a) review its decision to close Peterhead prison, (b) opt instead for a refurbishment or the construction of a new building on the current site and (c) recognise the work and efforts achieved by the staff at Peterhead prison to reduce offending PE00515: take the necessary steps to make individual MMR injections available without delay PE00516: ask the Scottish Executive to (a) examine and identify the optimum methods of management and delivery of educational provision to deaf children and other children with special needs (b) direct local authorities to consult openly and publicly with… PE00517: carry out an extensive study as a matter of urgency to determine (a) why local authorities appear to be able to allow water treatments plants to operate outwith the terms of existing environmental protection and planning legislation, (b) the… PE00518: ask the Scottish Executive to take responsibility for the failure of Historic Scotland to protect the Museum Hall in Bridge of Allan from unlawful neglect and set in motion an action plan to restore it PE00519: give consideration to the creation of a register of interests of the Scottish judiciary PE00520: introduce legislation to allow a police force from another area to be brought in to deal with cases of alleged failure by the chief constable or his deputy to carry out investigations into complaints made by members of the public PE00521: provide equestrian access closer to horse owning communities when it drafts current and future legislation in respect of national parks and access to land PE00522: encourage the Scottish Executive to investigate and remedy the issue of the lack of care homes for young physically disabled people in Scotland, including the Tayside area PE00523: initiate a national inquiry into early years education and childcare with a view to producing a report and recommendations on the way forward PE00524: reconsider its proposals contained in the Review of Strategic Planning to replace Fife as a single planning area PE00525: take the necessary steps to amend the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 to incorporate a range of measures to deal with grievances against Scottish local authorities PE00526: ask the Scottish Executive to review the current legislation and practice used by local authorities to promote the use of Public Private Partnership funding to build new schools at the expense of apparently viable existing schools PE00527: ask the Scottish Executive to review the current legislation in relation to Public Private Partnership bids and educational provision used by local authorities in order to include an audit procedure for future bids and a review of the current awards PE00528: conduct an inquiry into the consequences for the transport infrastructure in Scotland of competition in the field of on-site and off-site car parking at Scottish airports, and to amend such legislation as it may consider appropriate PE00529: take the necessary steps to create a new Civil Law Enforcement Office to (a) replace all Sheriff Officer commissions with Civil Law Enforcement Officers and (b) ensure that those Officers are properly trained and supervised at all levels PE00530: take the necessary steps to amend the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993 which allows common grazing in rural villages, to avoid health risks PE00531: (a) provide adequate funding to local agencies to support and treat those suffering from alcohol and drug dependency, (b) provide a properly funded network of support groups for carers and (c) recognise the extent of alcohol and drug misuse in Scotland PE00532: take the necessary steps to amend Part 2 of the Title Condition (Scotland) Bill to restrict voting with regard to community burdens to the resident proprietors PE00533: take the necessary steps to prevent the implementation of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Bill from being excessively delayed following its enactment PE00534: readdress the issues raised in petition PE352 in relation to the use of doctors reports in Court actions PE00535: institutional child abuse, in particular for those children who were in the care of the State under the supervision of religious orders and (b) make unreserved apology for said State bodies and to urge the religious orders to apologise unconditionally PE00536: offer advice and training (a) to those involved in running the Palestinian legislature and institutions following or preceding any elections and (b) on communicating the proceedings of the Palestinian Legislative Council to the Palestinian nation PE00537: (a) investigate the performance of the Mental Welfare Commission and the health Ombudsman in handling complaints and (b) make recommendations for their improvement to ensure that complaints are dealt with thoroughly openly and fairly PE00538: set up an advisory committee comprising mental health service users, autistic people, parents and professionals to define Autistic Spectrum Disorder, mental illness, personality disorders and learning disabilities in order to adequately differentiate PE00539: take the necessary steps to (a) introduce a no-fault scheme to compensate victims of medical accidents and (b) clarify the duty of care of the practitioner to the patient by the introduction of a statutory law PE00540: fully implement the recommendations of the Meek Report, Fresh Start for Gaelic, without delay PE00541: investigate (a) the impact of landfill sites on the health and environment of surrounding communities, (b) the rationale behind the proposed expansion of landfill sites, such as that as Roslin, given the new EU landfill directives requirements… PE00542: (a) use the Post Office network to deliver its information and services as far as is possible and reasonable and (b) put in place policies which actively promote the use of the Post Office network throughout Scotland PE00543: investigate (a) the impact of landfill sites on the health and environment of surrounding communities, (b) the rationale behind the proposed expansion of landfill sites around communities such as Greengairs, given the new EU landfill directives… PE00544: undertake an enquiry into the openness, transparency and admission of mistakes at the Scottish Criminal Records Office in relation to fingerprint identifications PE00545: investigate the alleged invalidity of the ballot held in relation to the proposed stock housing transfer in Glasgow, urge the Scottish Executive to (a) affirm debt write-off without stock transfer and (b) provide enhanced public investment in council PE00546: (a) ask the Scottish Executive to provide evidence determining that the strict initial grounds for the charging of tolls on the Erskine Bridge remains the same and (b) examine a means by which the toll regime may be removed and replaced by a funding PE00547: set up an independent medical inquiry to investigate the side effect of psychiatric drugs and alternative treatments PE00548: investigate the adverse effects of the psychiatric drug Ritalin and similar treatments in children suffering of Attention Deficit Disorder PE00549: review the use of the neuroleptic drug Clozapine and issues related to its safety PE00550: (a) give start and completion dates for the Eastern Link road from the north end of Kincardine Bridge to the Kincardine/Rosyth Road; the opening of the Alloa/Dunfermline railway line for freight traffic; and the replacement of Kincardine Bridge, and… PE00551: investigate whether local authorities are interpreting the legislation and policy documents regarding care of the elderly in an appropriate manner as opposed to using the recent legislation as a means to reduce their financial and social obligations PE00552: provide adequate funding to ensure a level of further education consistent with the particular needs of the people and economy of West Lothian and to avoid any unnecessary staff redundancies PE00553: (a) examine the detail and the nature of the Glasgow stock housing transfer's ballot and (b) urge the Scottish Executive not to give its consent for a transfer based on minority opinion PE00554: take the necessary steps to improve the planning process by proposing that once a planning application has been refused and not appealed, or appealed and refused, no substantially similar planning application for the same site should be accepted… PE00555: take the necessary steps to include the Parish of Laggan within the Draft Designation Order for the Cairngorms National Park PE00556: take the necessary steps to (a) encourage all relevant agencies to work together to extend rail commuter services on the east coast mainline and (b) seek a review of the opportunities to restore stations across Scotland to reduce the predicted… PE00557: encourage the Scottish Prison Service to continue to provide adequate social and recreational facilities for its staff, and to avoid the closure of existing well used and well run facilities such as the Prison Officers Social Club at Polmont PE00558: include a bypass for Elgin in the programme for improvement to the A96 as a matter of urgency PE00559: take the necessary steps to support a Strategic Environmental Assessment of Scotland's Renewable Energy Programme PE00560: take the necessary steps to (a) provide and ensure adequate long term funding for support workers who deal with children and young people experiencing domestic abuse and (b) ensure that national minimum standards of service for those experiencing… PE00561: (a) review the impact of the Scottish Further Education Funding Council's revenue funding formula on further education colleges in rural Scotland and (b) call upon the Funding Council to enable repairs to take place to the capital assets of rural… PE00562: conduct an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the stock housing transfer in Glasgow PE00563: draft new legislation to instigate a statutory duty on local authorities to maintain unadopted roads and footpaths within village boundaries PE00564: (a) develop a national strategy for windfarms and (b) encourage the energy industry to defer the submission of planning applications for new windfarm developments and withdraw pending applications until such a strategy is developed and implemented PE00565: take the necessary steps to provide a protective mechanism to ensure that the welfare concerns of minors is paramount in Scottish law PE00566: take the necessary steps to have an independent body set up to ensure that any title deeds of land or property acquired by anyone through the Scottish judicial system process without the owners permission be safeguarded within that system PE00567: ensure that local authorities such as Midlothian Council can put into practice the spirit and practice of the Quality Contract system to enable rural communities to have an adequate bus service PE00568: encourage Scottish local authorities to have (a) half of the vehicles in their licensed taxi fleet, fully accessible for wheelchairs users and other disabled people and (b) a standard concessionary scheme for taxis PE00569: consider re-regulation of bus services PE00570: take urgent steps to ensure that towns and villages of the Scottish Borders such as Stow are properly served by the proposed Borders rail link PE00571: introduce legislation to require Health Boards in Scotland to integrate and implement the recommendations from the 1996 Report by the National Medical Advisory Committee on Complementary Medicine and the NHS within the NHS PE00572: investigate whether there is adequate provision of respite homes with no upper age limit within Scotland for sufferers of Multiple Sclerosis and other disabling conditions PE00573: amend Section 47 of Part 5 of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2002 and its Code of Practice to remove the assessment/certification workload requirements from General Practitioners in favour of the appointment of dedicated personnel to… PE00574: (a) consider commissioning an investigation into management practices at central College of Commerce, Glasgow and (b) overhaul the 1992 Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act so that openness and democratic accountability of College Boards of… PE00575: (a) investigate the status of partnerships, and in particular married couples in partnership, in relation to access to premiums for livestock available through the Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department (SEERAD) and (b) make… PE00576: prevent the reduction of residential care places in Scotland, by providing the necessary funding to enable the continuation of the residential care service in every residential home in Scotland that is subject to closure by the providers PE00577: ling for the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to take urgent steps to set up an autism specific medical treatment facility at a Scottish hospital PE00578: take the necessary steps to extend the right of absolute privilege available to those who complain about the conduct of a range of public bodies, to young and vulnerable people who report abuse to an appropriate authority PE00579: take the necessary steps to (a) exempt Group Homes for adults with a learning disability, from the requirement to register as personal care homes under the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 and (b) regulate Group Homes as a housing support… PE00580: recognise the serious problems with solvent abuse in Scotland and introduce preventative safety measures to help combat solvent abuse PE00581: take the necessary steps to enable the British Hedgehog Preservation Society (BHPS) to relocate or at least complete a trial relocation of hedgehogs living on the islands of Uist as opposed to a proposed cull PE00582: represent the interests of the Scottish fishing industry to ensure the long-term survival of the industry PE00583: enquire into the governance and management of Scotland' Further Education Colleges and to consider reforming the legislative framework governing Further Education PE00584: take the necessary steps to ensure that the EC Food Supplements and Herbal Medicines Directives will not prevent consumers to use safe health supplements and herbal remedies PE00585: review and revise legislation to clarify and establish the mechanisms and powers of control that regulate the siting of heroin and methadone detoxification clinics PE00586: take a view on the dangers of military action against Iraq and to oppose any military action by the United Kingdom on the basis of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 PE00587: take steps to abolish Scottish Enterprise and replace it with a more accountable and entrepreneurial body PE00588: reconsider the proposed extension of the M80 PE00589: take the necessary steps to recognise Parental Alienation Syndrome and to develop early intervention strategies to prevent parental alienation PE00590: investigate the licensing and regulatory regime which currently exists in relation to nursing homes for the elderly in Scotland PE00591: undertake a review of the mechanisms that set weekly personal expenses allowances for those people living in care homes, to reflect the true cost of living PE00592: introduce mechanisms to allow voters to express dissatisfaction with all candidates in an election to the Scottish Parliament or to local councils PE00593: ask the Scottish Executive to take emergency actions to address the alleged discrimination shown by the judicial system in Scotland against fathers and their children in relation to divorce actions PE00594: ask the Scottish Executive to fund the medical requirements of International Amateur Boxing Association to eliminate abuse of amateur boxers in Scotland PE00595: investigate the influence and impact of the pharmaceutical industry in psychiatric services of the NHS, and in relation to the passage of the Mental Health (Scotland) Bill PE00596: take the necessary steps to address the issue of alleged serious inadequacies in the existing complaints procedures in rented accommodation committed to provide a degree of care for the old and disabled PE00597: provide adequate funding to Scottish hospitals such as Belhaven to prevent bed reductions and the loss of geriatric services PE00598: tender for the Barra Airservice contract for three years and continue with the Public Service Obligation (PSO) for the Barra / Glasgow lifeline air service permanently PE00599: ask the Scottish Executive to provide adequate funding to prevent the closure of residential and nursing care services in Scotland.

Official Report Meeting date: 13 February 2007

Education Committee, 13 Feb 2007

Since such provision will have no detrimental effect but will improve user confidence in the system, I am happy to press the amendments.The amendments also mean that a short scheme record disclosure will reveal whether any of the information that was included on the last full scheme record disclosure is now out of date. That will help to alert scheme member...

Official Report Meeting date: 11 May 2005

Plenary, 11 May 2005

That is by far the largest number of signatures that any e-petition to the Parliament has attracted to date. Anyone who has read the comments that the petitioners have added will know that the local community is incensed by the everyday hold-ups and delays that are caused by the stretch of road and is concerned about the regular toll of accidents and the ne...

Official Report Meeting date: 17 November 2004

Education Committee, 17 Nov 2004

Some were consolidated so that, instead of there being a year-on-year increase, there was an increase by end date. There were some changes. There were differences of scale.

Official Report Meeting date: 18 February 2003

Audit Committee, 18 Feb 2003

The process of gathering that information has begun in Renfrewshire Council. I am not absolutely sure of the date by which we are required to return all the information, but it is certainly in the next couple of months.

Official Report Meeting date: 11 May 2001

Social Justice Committee, 11 May 2001

It is important, therefore, that the code of practice evolves and adapts with the development of the new executive agency.However, we thought that it would help to make a formal commitment in the bill to ensuring that the code of practice and the issues that it addresses remain under review and up to date. That will help to ensure that a current set of stan...

Official Report Meeting date: 29 November 2000

Plenary, 29 Nov 2000

We are in shock having been made aware that Glasgow is only being given an extra three bed spaces.Please note the following—Glasgow has four women's aid groups—not even one extra space per group.Almost 11,000 women contacted our office last year for information, refuge and support.Glasgow Women's Aid is in financial crisis and has been trying to secure core funding since the launch of the new Scottish Parliament. To date...

Official Report Meeting date: 2 February 2000

Plenary, 02 Feb 2000

It does not preclude—and certainly does not exclude—the growth of interparliamentary contact at a later date. I promise that I will say a word about that.

Official Report Meeting date: 26 September 2000

Audit Committee, 26 Sep 2000

We need to know whether in such circumstances that would be the normal course of action.On the time scale, would there not usually be a range of dates given rather than a single date?

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