Chamber and committees

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Agenda: 18 January 2023

Wednesday, 18 January 2023

1st Meeting, 2023

Start time: 09:30am

Location: T1.40-CR5 The Smith Room

Agenda items:

Consideration of continued petitions
Consideration of new petitions
Work programme (in private)

Agenda published: Wednesday, 18 January 2023 11:56am

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1. Consideration of continued petitions

The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—

PE1859: Retain falconers rights to practice upland falconry in Scotland;
PE1864: Increase the ability of communities to influence planning decisions for onshore windfarms;
PE1891: Make swimming lessons a statutory requirement in the primary school curriculum;
PE1900: Access to prescribed medication for detainees in police custody;
PE1902: To allow an appeal process for Community Participation Requests; and
PE1918: Improve sex education in schools.

Papers for this item:

Petition PE1859 (210KB, pdf) posted 12 January 2023

Petition PE1864 (294KB, pdf) posted 12 January 2023

Petition PE1891 (159KB, pdf) posted 12 January 2023

Petition PE1900 (281KB, pdf) posted 12 January 2023

Petition PE1902 (185KB, pdf) posted 12 January 2023

Petition PE1918 (201KB, pdf) posted 12 January 2023

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item

2. Consideration of new petitions

The Committee will consider the following new petitions—

PE1974: Adopt the A890 as a trunk road;
PE1980: Adopt the A832 between Achnasheen and Gorstan as a trunk road;
PE1975: Reform the law relating to Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs);
PE1976: Backdate council tax discounts for dementia to the date of GP certification;
PE1977: Require social services to inform biological fathers of concerns about their children; and
PE1978: Allow raw milk to be sold in Scotland.

Papers for this item:

Petition PE1974 (222KB, pdf) posted 12 January 2023

Petition PE1980 (219KB, pdf) posted 12 January 2023

Petition PE1975 (307KB, pdf) posted 12 January 2023

Petition PE1976 (254KB, pdf) posted 12 January 2023

Petition PE1977 (203KB, pdf) posted 12 January 2023

Petition PE1978 (228KB, pdf) posted 12 January 2023