Chamber and committees

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Agenda: 08 February 2023

Wednesday, 08 February 2023

2nd Meeting, 2023

Start time: 09:30am

Location: T1.40-CR5 The Smith Room

Agenda items:

Declaration of interests
Decision on taking business in private
Consideration of continued petitions
Consideration of new petitions
Consideration of new petitions

Agenda published: Friday, 03 February 2023 11:31am

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1. Declaration of interests

Carol Mochan MSP will be invited to declare any relevant interests.

2. Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private.

3. Consideration of continued petitions

The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—

PE1941: Stop the destruction of headstones within community cemeteries and will take evidence from petitioner Cllr Andrew Stuart Wood and Desmond Barr, Friends of Hawkhead Cemetery;

PE1950: Ensure immunosuppressed people in Scotland can access the Evusheld antibody treatment and will take evidence from Mark Oakley and Nicola Brigden, Evusheld for the UK;

PE1723: Essential tremor treatment in Scotland;

PE1871: Full review of mental health services;

PE1885: Make offering Community Shared Ownership mandatory for all windfarm development planning proposals;

PE1907: Provide funded early learning & childcare for all 2 year olds in Scotland; and

PE1920: Introduce more thorough follow-up care for women with diabetes.

Papers for this item:

Petition PE1941 (159KB, pdf) posted 02 February 2023

Petition PE1950 (288KB, pdf) posted 02 February 2023

Petition PE1723 (241KB, pdf) posted 02 February 2023

Petition PE1871 (201KB, pdf) posted 02 February 2023

Petition PE1885 (231KB, pdf) posted 02 February 2023

Petition PE1907 (173KB, pdf) posted 02 February 2023

Petition PE1920 (172KB, pdf) posted 02 February 2023

Petition PE1968 (291KB, pdf) posted 03 February 2023

Petition PE1979 (280KB, pdf) posted 03 February 2023

Petition PE1981 (180KB, pdf) posted 03 February 2023

Petition PE1982 (226KB, pdf) posted 03 February 2023

3 private papers will be discussed during this agenda item

4. Consideration of new petitions

The Committee will consider the following new petitions—

PE1968: Restrict perpetrators of domestic abuse from using family court proceedings to continue tormenting their victims;

PE1979: Establish an independent inquiry and an independent national whistleblowing officer to investigate concerns about the alleged mishandling of child safeguarding enquiries by public bodies;

PE1981: Ensure perpetrators of domestic abuse, who have been excluded from the matrimonial home, cannot force the sale of the property; and

PE1982: Review funding arrangements for higher education to help ensure more funded places are available for Scottish ballet dancers at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Papers for this item:

Petition PE1968 (291KB, pdf) posted 02 February 2023

Petition PE1979 (280KB, pdf) posted 02 February 2023

Petition PE1981 (180KB, pdf) posted 02 February 2023

Petition PE1982 (226KB, pdf) posted 02 February 2023

5. Consideration of new petitions (in private)

The Committee will consider a request to accept an anonymous submission on the following new petition -

PE1979: Establish an independent inquiry and an independent national whistleblowing officer to investigate concerns about the alleged mishandling of child safeguarding enquiries by public bodies