Public Petitions Committee

1. Decisions on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 3 and 4 in private. 2. Consideration of new petitions: The Committee will consider the following new petitions— PE2214: Officially annually recognise 23rd of August as Wallace Day in honour of Sir William Wallace; PE2245: Keep the William Wallace letter in Scotland; PE2232: Ban beehives in public spaces until statutory national safety regulations are in place; PE2233: Moratorium on planning applications for all hyperscale data centres until their environmental impacts have been fully assessed; PE2234: Reduce MSP Salaries to the Median Scottish Full-time Income; PE2236: Transfer administration of mandatory charitable rates relief to independent third sector processes; PE2237: Create a “stage not age” health and social care and benefit system for people with exceptional complex medical needs; and PE2238: Automatically remove parental rights upon the conviction of a child sexual/domestic abuse offence. 3. Admissibility decision: The Committee will decide whether a proposed petition is admissible. 4. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme.