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)
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 given the fact that Covid has been brought into the matter, perhaps it can be put into that social media campaign.
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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.