Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 6 in private. 2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny: The Committee will take evidence from— George Adam, Minister for Parliamentary Business, Doreen Grove, Head of Open Government, and Amy Watson, Principal Research Officer, Scottish Government. 3. Inquiry into A9 Dualling Project: The Committee will take evidence from— Alex Neil, former Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital Investment. 4. Consideration of continued petitions: The Committee will consider the following continued petitions— PE1902: To allow an appeal process for Community Participation Requests PE1975: Reform the law relating to Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) 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 PE1984: Introduce the C100 form for child arrangement orders in Scotland PE1986: Provide testing kits for drugs in public spaces 5. Consideration of new petitions: The Committee will consider the following new petitions— PE2013: Implementation of a National Dashcam Safety Portal PE2032: Improve the support available to injured soldiers and veterans in Scotland PE2033: Introduce a full ban on disposable vapes PE2034: Stop the current proposals for Highly Protected Marine Areas (HMPAs) in Scotland PE2038: Commission suitable NHS services for people with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and hyper mobility spectrum disorders 6. Public Participation Inquiry: The Committee will be invited to consider a recommendation by the Parliament's Participation and Communities Team for a People's Panel on Post-legislative scrutiny, and to consider its approach to the forthcoming Chamber debate on its report.