Committee
Public Petitions Committee 01 March 2016
01 Mar 2016 · S4 · Public Petitions Committee
Item of business
Continued Petitions
School Bus Safety (PE1223)
Thank you, convener. I am sure that Ron Beaty will appreciate the committee’s good wishes. He is making a good recovery, but is not quite well enough to make the lengthy journey from Camrie to Edinburgh on this occasion. The committee paper refers to the petitioner’s latest response and the bottom line is paragraph 17, which says that Transport Scotland is “considering the implications from the Glasgow pilot programme to see whether any further action is required.” I ask the committee to include the petition in its legacy paper because there is clearly an action that is still outstanding. It is such an important subject, not just for Ron Beaty and my constituency, but across Scotland. We must ensure that we have the best possible outcomes for school transport and the transport of young people.
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The Convener
Lab
Agenda item 2 is consideration of 11 continued petitions, beginning with PE1223, by Ron Beaty, on school bus safety. Mr Beaty is usually in the public galler...
Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP)
SNP
Thank you, convener. I am sure that Ron Beaty will appreciate the committee’s good wishes. He is making a good recovery, but is not quite well enough to make...
The Convener
Lab
That request is not unreasonable. There is a bit of mileage—I do not mean that as a pun—to be had from this and interest that we can continue to pursue. I su...
John Wilson (Central Scotland) (Ind)
Ind
I suggest that we also write to Transport Scotland, based on Mr Stevenson’s comments, to find out when it expects to carry out the evaluation of the Glasgow ...
The Convener
Lab
There is general agreement that we take the petition forward by adding it to our legacy paper. Do members agree to pursue the correspondence that John Wilson...