Committee
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee 07 December 2022
07 Dec 2022 · S6 · Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Item of business
New Petitions
Private Hire Car and Taxi Drivers (PE1961)
The committee could consider writing to Police Scotland, seeking information on the number of threatening and abusive behaviour offences that have been recorded in each year over the past decade and whether the data can be broken down by occupation and workplace. The committee could also write to the Scottish Taxi Federation and Unite Scotland to seek their views on the petition.
In the same item of business
The Convener
Con
PE1961, which seeks to make it a specific offence to assault, threaten or abuse a private hire or taxi driver while at work, has been lodged by Edward Grice ...
David Torrance
SNP
The committee could consider writing to Police Scotland, seeking information on the number of threatening and abusive behaviour offences that have been recor...
The Convener
Con
I am content with both of those suggestions. Are colleagues agreed to take those actions? Members indicated agreement.