Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Agenda: 20 April 2022
Wednesday, 20 April 2022
6th Meeting, 2022
Full agenda and available meeting papers
1. Declaration of interests
Fergus Ewing MSP will be invited to declare any relevant interests.
2. Institutionalising Participatory and Deliberative Democracy (IPDD)
The Committee will take evidence from members of the Scottish Government IPDD Working Group—
Fiona Garven, Director, Scottish Community Development Centre; Kelly McBride, Deliberative Democracy Lead, TPXimpact; Talat Yaqoob, Independent Consultant and Researcher.Papers for this item:
Paper 2 - Evidence session Cover Note (123KB, pdf) posted 14 April 2022
2 private papers will be discussed during this agenda item
3. Consideration of continued petitions
The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—
PE1723: Essential tremor treatment in Scotland;
PE1859: Retain falconers' rights to practise upland falconry in Scotland;
PE1877: Provide body cameras for all frontline NHS staff;
PE1902: To allow an appeal process for Community Participation Requests;
PE1914: Ban school uniforms in secondary schools;
PE1916: Request a public inquiry into the management of the rest and be thankful project.
Papers for this item:
Paper 1 - Petition PE1723 (198KB, pdf) posted 14 April 2022
Paper 2 - Petition PE1859 (296KB, pdf) posted 14 April 2022
Paper 3 - Petition PE1877 (146KB, pdf) posted 14 April 2022
Paper 4 - Petition PE1902 (149KB, pdf) posted 14 April 2022
Paper 5 - Petition PE1914 (212KB, pdf) posted 14 April 2022
Paper 6 - Petition PE1916 (169KB, pdf) posted 14 April 2022
4. Consideration of new petitions
The Committee will consider the following new petitions—
PE1926: Expand universal free school meals for all nursery, primary and secondary school pupils;
PE1928: Provide free rail travel for disabled people who meet the qualifications for free bus travel.
Papers for this item:
Paper 1 - Petition PE1926 (190KB, pdf) posted 14 April 2022
Paper 2 - Petition PE1928 (233KB, pdf) posted 14 April 2022
5. Work programme
The Committee will consider its work programme.
Papers for this item:
1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item