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The Deputy Presiding Officer (Trish Godman) Lab

The next item of business is a debate on motion S3M-7968, in the name of Rhona Brankin, on the work of the Public Petitions Committee.14:50

Rhona Brankin (Midlothian) (Lab) Lab

It is with pleasure that I open this debate on behalf of the committee, which will allow us to highlight some of the important petitions that we have discuss...

The Minister for Parliamentary Business (Bruce Crawford) SNP

I thank the convener for her opening remarks and for the opportunity to contribute to this afternoon’s debate on the work of the Public Petitions Committee.F...

Paul Martin (Glasgow Springburn) (Lab) Lab

I commend, as others have, the work of the Public Petitions Committee not only this session but since 1999. A number of members have already illustrated the ...

Nanette Milne (North East Scotland) (Con) Con

Having been a member of the Public Petitions Committee throughout the third session of Parliament, I can honestly say that it has been the most rewarding and...

Mike Rumbles (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) (LD) LD

As others have said, the Scottish Parliament’s public petitions system is a real success story. Nanette Milne identified some of those successes.There has be...

Anne McLaughlin (Glasgow) (SNP) SNP

Those of us who are on the Public Petitions Committee are rather fortunate to be there. As Nanette Milne said, it is a varied committee, so it is never borin...

Bill Butler (Glasgow Anniesland) (Lab) Lab

I have been privileged to have been a member of the Public Petitions Committee for almost two and a half years. I record my thanks to its exemplary clerking ...

Bob Doris (Glasgow) (SNP) SNP

I start by thanking the current convener, the previous one, Frank McAveety, and all members of the committee for providing a positive and constructive forum ...

Cathie Craigie (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) (Lab) Lab

Like other members, I welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate on the importance and uniqueness of our Parliament’s petitions system.I am proud that o...

John Wilson (Central Scotland) (SNP) SNP

Members in the chamber—committee members and the many members who have come through the doors on a Tuesday afternoon to support petitions from constituents a...

Robin Harper (Lothians) (Green) Green

In the first session of Parliament, I was on the Transport and the Environment Committee, in which we were concerned with making legislation. I was on the Au...

Nigel Don (North East Scotland) (SNP) SNP

Members will perhaps not be surprised that, in the brief time available, I will not consider the substance of what the committee has done—other members have ...

Jim Hume (South of Scotland) (LD) LD

We have had an interesting debate this afternoon that has highlighted the importance of the Public Petitions Committee. The Scottish Constitutional Conventio...

Nanette Milne Con

Like other members, I pay tribute to the committee clerks, led by Fergus Cochrane, who have made an immense contribution to the success of the committee. The...

Paul Martin Lab

Like other members, I note that the committee’s convener, its deputy convener and Robin Harper are stepping down at the next election, so what they said soun...

Bruce Crawford SNP

I thank the committee members for their contributions. Listening to the different perspectives of members across the chamber has been interesting. I am sure ...

John Farquhar Munro (Ross, Skye and Inverness West) (LD) LD

It is with enormous pleasure that I close this debate on behalf of the Public Petitions Committee. Those who follow our work will know that we are very much ...

The Deputy Presiding Officer (Alasdair Morgan) SNP

You have about a minute left, Mr Munro.

John Farquhar Munro LD

Thank you.Most petitions are lodged on the back of personal experience, sometimes tragic, as in the case of John Muir. When we hosted the knife crime summit ...