Committee
Public Petitions Committee, 28 Jun 2005
28 Jun 2005 · S2 · Public Petitions Committee
Item of business
Current Petitions
Mental Health Services<br />(Deaf and Deaf-blind People) (PE808)
Do we agree to get back to the Executive to ask for a more positive response to the points that have been made on the petition?Members indicated agreement.
In the same item of business
The Convener:
Lab
Our first current petition is PE808, by Lilian Lawson, on behalf of the Scottish Council on Deafness, which calls on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scot...
Mike Watson:
Ind
The responses are interesting. Basically, the Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care does not accept the case—that is not an unfair way of paraphrasin...
John Scott:
Con
I agree with that. It is not good enough that deaf-blind people must travel to the north of England despite all their difficulties. It is difficult enough fo...
The Convener:
Lab
Do we agree to get back to the Executive to ask for a more positive response to the points that have been made on the petition?Members indicated agreement.