Committee
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee 14 June 2023
14 Jun 2023 · S6 · Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Item of business
New Petitions
Thrombosis (PE2016)
It would be useful to write to the Scottish Government to seek an explanation for the discrepancy in the figures. We should also draw attention to the report that has suggested that there could be a link with Covid. We could refer back to the petitioner’s long-standing association with the issue, the fact that it is all about prevention and that circumstances have changed. In the light of all of that, it could be that it is necessary to do a little more than had previously been suggested. Are colleagues content with that? Members indicated agreement.
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The Convener
Con
Item 2 is the consideration of new petitions. As always, for those who might be tuning in, because we are considering a petition for the first time, we invit...
Jackie Baillie
Lab
Thank you very much, convener. I am very grateful for the opportunity to speak. Gordon McPherson is, in fact, a world ambassador for world thrombosis day. H...
The Convener
Con
Thank you. Your evidence was helpful and compelling. Do colleagues have any suggestions?
Fergus Ewing
SNP
I am grateful to Jackie Baillie for shedding light on the new information that there are linkages between Covid-19 and thrombosis, as well as other linkages,...
The Convener
Con
If Jackie Baillie does not mind, I will ask her for clarification. The petitioner feels that his figures came from a ministerial response received to one of ...
Jackie Baillie
Lab
No, but he is accurate in saying that the first set of figures that he quotes were provided to me in answer to a parliamentary question, I think. I am happy ...
The Convener
Con
It would be useful to write to the Scottish Government to seek an explanation for the discrepancy in the figures. We should also draw attention to the report...
David Torrance
SNP
I wonder whether we should write to the Scottish Government. It will be running a health awareness messaging campaign on social media later this year, and gi...
The Convener
Con
Okay—we will keep the petition open on that basis.