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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Wednesday 25 October 2023 9:30 AM

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1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 5, 6 and 7 in private. 2. Consideration of continued petitions: The Committee will consider the following continued petitions— 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; PE1968: Restrict perpetrators of domestic abuse from using family court proceedings to continue tormenting their victims; PE1981: Ensure perpetrators of domestic abuse, who have been excluded from the matrimonial home, cannot force the sale of the property; and PE1990: Introduce a Scottish Parliament question session for young people. 3. Consideration of new petitions: The Committee will consider the following new petitions— PE2035: Recognise legal control of generalist predators as a conservation act; PE2037: Improving literacy standards in schools through research-informed reading instructions; and PE2040: Increase funding to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service to prevent serious cuts to the service provided to the public. 4. Written Submissions (in private): The Committee will consider a review of policy on written submissions. 5. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2024-2025: The Committee will consider a draft letter to the Scottish Government. 6. Previous action information in petitions: The Committee will consider its policy on publication of “previous action” information in petitions. 7. Inquiry into A9 Dualling Project: The Committee will consider evidence heard to date, and its wider approach to this inquiry.

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