Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
9th Meeting, 2024
The Committee agreed to take item 4 in private.
The Committee considered the following new petitions:
PE2079: Introduce legislation to provide for exemptions in paying medical facility parking charges and to create a new classification of parking badge for care-givers. The Committee agreed to write to Disability Equality Scotland, COSLA, Carers Scotland and the Scottish Government.
PE2080: Implement the recommended screening guidelines for people with Li Fraumeni Syndrome. The Committee agreed to write to Cancer Research UK, the Scottish Government and NHS Scotland genetic laboratories in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
PE2081: Make chronic kidney disease a key clinical priority. The Committee agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care.
PE2084: Allow alkaline hydrolysis. The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government.
PE2085: Introduce a statutory definition of residency for Fatal Accident Inquiries into the deaths of Scots abroad. The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, Police Scotland and relevant legal stakeholders.
The Committee agreed a recommendation by the Parliament's Participation and Communities Team to endorse the proposal by the Cross-committee on tackling drug deaths and drug harm for a People's Panel to inform the cross-committee’s scrutiny and to recommend this to Conveners Group as the topic for the next Peoples’ Panel.