Committee
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee 06 September 2023
06 Sep 2023 · S6 · Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Item of business
New Petitions
Performance-enhancing Drugs (Public Information) (PE2024)
I endorse that. I was struck by the detailed response that the petitioner gave to the Scottish Government’s main response. As well as saying that the Scottish Government does not seem to be covering the issues that he believes are relevant, he says that the multi-agency working group to which the Scottish Government refers might not include the right people, and he goes through who they might be. I do not know much about the area, but the petitioner is basically saying that there are young people between 16 and 25 who go to gyms and have access to steroids with no guidance or information about how to use them and what the risks are. I think that he is saying that people in that world, who are in charge of running gyms and have a medical background, for instance, should be involved in the multi-agency working group. When we write to the Scottish Government, could we specifically ask about the range of suggestions that the petitioner made so that we can get answers on them now? I suspect that, if we did not, we would get the same points from the petitioner again, who might feel that we have not pursued the substantive and concrete points that he made in his response.
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The Convener
Con
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David Torrance
SNP
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Fergus Ewing
SNP
I endorse that. I was struck by the detailed response that the petitioner gave to the Scottish Government’s main response. As well as saying that the Scottis...
The Convener
Con
I am content with that. Are members content with it? Members indicated agreement.
The Convener
Con
The petition will remain open and we will write to the various organisations suggested.