Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
14th Meeting, 2024
The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private.
The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—
PE1856: Support the taxi trade;
PE1958: Extend aftercare for previously looked after young people, and remove the continuing care age cap;
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;
PE1997: Introduce mandatory braille labelling for food products sold in Scotland; and
PE2042: Abolish car parking charges for all Forestry and Land Scotland sites.
Papers for this item:
Petition PE1856 (180KB, pdf) posted 19 September 2024
Petition PE1958 (476KB, pdf) posted 19 September 2024
Petition PE1982 (279KB, pdf) posted 19 September 2024
Petition PE1997 (277KB, pdf) posted 19 September 2024
Petition PE2042 (243KB, pdf) posted 19 September 2024
1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item
The Committee will consider the following new petitions—
PE2097: Repeal the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021;
PE2100: Ministerial guidance to clarify the criteria for assessing licence applications under section 16 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981;
PE2101: Provide Defibrillators for all Primary and Secondary Schools in Scotland;
PE2102: Require anyone found guilty of rape or sexual assault to be registered as a sex offender;
PE2104: End the pause on prescribing puberty blockers to children in Scotland; and
PE2106: Prohibit mobile phone use in Scottish schools.
Papers for this item:
Petition PE2097 (329KB, pdf) posted 19 September 2024
Petition PE2100 (261KB, pdf) posted 19 September 2024
Petition PE2101 (282KB, pdf) posted 19 September 2024
Petition PE2102 (262KB, pdf) posted 19 September 2024
Petition PE2104 (259KB, pdf) posted 19 September 2024
Petition PE2106 (308KB, pdf) posted 19 September 2024
The Committee will consider a revised draft report.
Papers for this item:
1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item