The petition calls on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to ensure that Ian Steel receives a suitable award and public recognition.In 1952 Ian Steel, a Scottish cyclist who had never raced professionally outside the United Kingdom, won the Warsaw-Berlin-Prague peace race and subsequently enjoyed a series of victories in British races. In a letter of 15 May 2002, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport responded to the petitioner's nomination of Ian Steel for an honour by saying:"Given the nominee's involvement in sport in Scotland, I think it would be more appropriate for the Scottish Executive to consider his nomination and I have taken the liberty of forwarding your letter to that Department".The Scottish Executive's letter to the petitioner of 22 November 2004—not 2002, as the committee's briefing paper suggests—says:"We are always happy to receive updated information on candidates that are being considered for an Honour and we will ensure that Mr Steel's nomination continues to be given full and careful consideration".The Scottish Parliament information centre has established that the Executive is still considering the nomination and would be willing to consider further details that the committee wants to pass on.