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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Wednesday 08 February 2023 9:30 AM

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1. Declaration of interests: Carol Mochan MSP will be invited to declare any relevant interests. 2. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private. 3. Consideration of continued petitions: The Committee will consider the following continued petitions— PE1941: Stop the destruction of headstones within community cemeteries and will take evidence from petitioner Cllr Andrew Stuart Wood and Desmond Barr, Friends of Hawkhead Cemetery; PE1950: Ensure immunosuppressed people in Scotland can access the Evusheld antibody treatment and will take evidence from Mark Oakley and Nicola Brigden, Evusheld for the UK; 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; PE1907: Provide funded early learning & childcare for all 2 year olds in Scotland; and PE1920: Introduce more thorough follow-up care for women with diabetes. . 4. Consideration of new petitions: The Committee will consider the following new petitions— PE1968: Restrict perpetrators of domestic abuse from using family court proceedings to continue tormenting their victims; 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; PE1981: Ensure perpetrators of domestic abuse, who have been excluded from the matrimonial home, cannot force the sale of the property; and PE1982: Review funding arrangements for higher education to help ensure more funded places are available for Scottish ballet dancers at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. 5. Consideration of new petitions (in private): The Committee will consider a request to accept an anonymous submission on the following new 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

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