Committee
Public Petitions Committee 01 March 2016
01 Mar 2016 · S4 · Public Petitions Committee
Item of business
Continued Petitions
School Bus Safety (PE1223)
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 pilot. The issue has dragged on for a number of years. I believe that Mr Stevenson was the minister for transport when we dealt with the petition initially. We need to get some conclusion on the matter. It would be useful to see the exchanges between the Department of Transport and Transport Scotland in relation to trying to get some clarification in the legislation that can be applied and transferred to ensure that we can take the action that Mr Beaty has been calling for over the past six years.
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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...