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Chamber and committees

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee


Agenda: 06 September 2023

Wednesday, 06 September 2023

12th Meeting, 2023

Start time: 09:30am
Location: TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room
Agenda items:

  1. Declaration of interests
  2. Decision on taking business in private
  3. Consideration of continued petitions
  4. Consideration of new petitions
  5. Admissibility decision
  6. Work programme

Agenda published: Wednesday, 06 September 2023 02:45pm

Full agenda and available meeting papers


1. Declaration of interests

Maurice Golden will be invited to declare any relevant interests.


2. Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take items 5 and 6 in private.


3. Consideration of continued petitions

The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—

PE1905: Public Inquiry into the response of religious organisations to allegations of child sexual abuse since 1950
PE1911: Review of Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006 as it relates to post-mortems
PE1955: Make the provision of public toilets a statutory duty
PE1973: End the use of Sheriffs Discretion when ruling on civil cases and provide clear legal guidance on division of assets
PE1974: Adopt the A890 as a trunk road
PE1980: Adopt the A832 between Achnasheen and Gorstan as a trunk road

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item


4. Consideration of new petitions

The Committee will consider the following new petitions—

PE2023: Stop the Deposit Return Scheme
PE2024: Create a national, public information programme to raise awareness of the impacts of steroids, selective androgen receptor modulators, and other performance enhancing drugs
PE2025: Improve the support available to victims of domestic violence, who have been forced to flee their home
PE2026: Eliminate Council Tax discounts for second homes and vacant properties
PE2027: Launch the Changing Places Toilet fund

Papers for this item:


5. Admissibility decision

The Committee will decide whether a proposed petition is admissible. 

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item


6. Work programme

The Committee will consider its work programme.

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item