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Chamber and committees

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee


Agenda: 09 March 2022

Wednesday, 09 March 2022

4th Meeting, 2022

Start time: 09:30am
Location: T1.40-CR5 The Smith Room
Agenda items:

  1. Consideration of continued petitions
  2. Consideration of new petitions
  3. Work programme

Agenda published: Wednesday, 09 March 2022 08:28am

Full agenda and available meeting papers


1. Consideration of continued petitions

The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—

PE1896: Provide every primary school child in Scotland with a reusable water bottle and will take evidence from petitioners Callum Isted and James Isted;
PE1812: Protect Scotland's remaining ancient, native and semi-native woodlands and woodland floors and will take evidence from peitioners Audrey Baird and Fiona Baker, and will then proceed to a roundtable discussion with Claudia Rowse - NatureScot, Arina Russell - Woodland Trust Scotland, Doug Howieson - Scottish Forestry, Andy Leitch - Confor and Andrew Weatherall - RSPB;
PE1856: Support the taxi trade;
PE1866: Introduce legislation to improve bus travel for wheelchair users;
PE1870: Ensure teachers of autistic pupils are appropriately qualified;
PE1871: Full review of mental health services; and
PE1904: Change Scots law to disqualify estranged spouses from making claims on an estate.

Papers for this item:

3 private papers will be discussed during this agenda item


2. Consideration of new petitions

The Committee will consider the following new petitions—

PE1923: Align the Higher rate tax threshold to £37,501 in line with the rest of the UK;
PE1924: Complete an emergency in-depth review of Women's Health services in Caithness & Sutherland; and
PE1925: Bring the HGV speed limit on major trunk roads to 50mph in line with other parts of the UK.

Papers for this item:


3. Work programme (in private)

The Committee will consider its work programme.

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item