Public Petitions Committee

1. Consideration of continued petitions: The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—
PE1319 on Improving youth football in Scotland and will take evidence from Ian Maxwell, Chief Executive and Alyson Evans, Child Wellbeing and Protection Manager, Scottish FA; PE1600 on Speed Awareness Courses; PE1671 on Sale and use of glue traps; PE1674 on Managing the Cat Population in Scotland; and PE1709 on Install CCTV cameras and provide full time social work support in all additional support needs schools.

2. Consideration of new petitions: The Committee will consider the following new petitions—
PE1766 on Legal aid for private criminal prosecutions for unwaged and/or learning-disabled victims of abuse; PE1768 on Children Hearing proceedings should be minuted and or recorded; PE1769 on Higher Education in Scotland; PE1772 on Ban Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender teaching and sexual pictures from the school curriculum; PE1773 on Reform rape law; and PE1777 on To introduce British Sign Language (BSL) into the Curriculum for Excellence.