Committee
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee 01 May 2024
01 May 2024 · S6 · Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Item of business
Continued Petitions
St Kilda Sheep (PE2021)
I wonder whether the committee would consider keeping the petition open and writing to the Scottish Government to highlight the evidence that the committee has received and to ask whether it will review the existing legislation and guidance and consider using the provisions in the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 to introduce regulations and updated guidance to ensure the welfare of the unique sheep population on St Kilda. We could also request that the Scottish Government provides the full text of its June 2009 communication with the National Trust for Scotland or that it clearly sets out the reasons for not releasing that correspondence in full.
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The Convener
Con
My voice has been a little shaky today and I now have a lot to say about sheep. Please bear with me. Our next continued petition, PE2021, on ensuring that t...
David Torrance
SNP
I wonder whether the committee would consider keeping the petition open and writing to the Scottish Government to highlight the evidence that the committee h...
The Convener
Con
That seems very sensible and consistent with the suggestions that have been made by the petitioners. Are committee members content to keep the petition open ...
The Convener
Con
I am not sure whether one of the petitioners is with us today—I wondered whether I recognised him. Yes, he is in the gallery. Forgive my eyesight—you are as ...