Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

1. Decisions on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 4 and 5 in private. 2. Consideration of continued petitions: The Committee will consider the following continued petitions— PE1864: Increase the ability of communities to influence planning decisions for onshore windfarms; PE1900: Access to prescribed medication for detainees in police custody; PE1906: Investigate options for removing and reducing the impact of the central Glasgow section of the M8; PE1953: Review Education Support staff roles; PE1958: Extend aftercare for previously looked after young people, and remove the continuing care age cap; PE1960: Formally recognise private hire cars and taxis as modes of public transport; and PE1961: Make it a specific offence to assault, threaten or abuse a private hire or taxi driver while at work. 3. Consideration of new petitions: The Committee will consider the following new petitions— PE2012: Remove need for follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) blood tests before prescribing Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT); PE2014: Revert to the appeals system used in 2022 for SQA exams; and PE2015: Extend the right to vote in Scottish local government and Scottish Parliament elections to all prisoners. 4. Decisions on publication of submission: The Committee will decide whether to accept an unsolicited submission on petition PE1979: Establish an independent inquiry and an independent national whistleblowing officer to investigate concerns about the alleged mishandling of child safeguarding enquiries by public bodies, and, if so, whether to publish the submission anonymously. 5. Decision on sharing private papers: The Committee will be invited to agree that any private briefing material prepared by SPICe for the Committee’s future consideration of petition PE1992 (Dual the A9 and improve road safety), and any confidential submissions received on the petition, be shared with Edward Mountain, reporter on the petition for the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee. 6. Public Participation Inquiry (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report.