Committee
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee 11 March 2026 [Draft]
11 Mar 2026 · S6 · Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Item of business
Continued Petitions
Child Sexual Offenders (Data Collection) (PE2208)
In the light of the evidence, I wonder whether the committee would consider closing the petition under rule 15.7 of standing orders, on the basis that Police Scotland is working to align recording systems to capture ethnicity data for suspects; the issue of data collection is being considered in the work being done by the national child sexual abuse and exploitation strategic group; and the Scottish Government has committed to establishing a public inquiry into Scotland’s response to group-led child sexual abuse and exploitation.
In the same item of business
The Convener
Con
Our penultimate continued petition under consideration today is PE2208, lodged by Joanna Kerr, which calls on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Go...
David Torrance
SNP
In the light of the evidence, I wonder whether the committee would consider closing the petition under rule 15.7 of standing orders, on the basis that Police...
The Convener
Con
Colleagues, are we content with that suggestion?Members indicated agreement.
The Convener
Con
These matters might well resurface in the next parliamentary session, as things progress.
Davy Russell
Lab
I would also point out that, when the chief constable was here about six or seven weeks ago, she said that she was working to improve all data recording, reg...
The Convener
Con
The proof of the pudding will be in the eating, to borrow the cliché. Should that not be the case, there will be an opportunity for a fresh petition to be su...