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The Convener Lab Committee
27 Jan 2015
Current Petitions
As there are no further comments, I will sum up. There are five action points. First, we will quickly get in touch with Mr Slater and invite him to give evidence. Secondly, we will invite the chairman and chief executive of the MHRA along. Thirdly, we will write to the new Cab...
The Convener Lab Committee
27 Jan 2015
Current Petitions
The next petition is PE1493, by Peter John Gordon, on a sunshine act for Scotland. Members have a note by the clerk. Two submissions and a further email from the petitioner were received after the committee papers went out. It is unhelpful for submissions to be received afte...
The Convener Lab Committee
27 Jan 2015
Current Petitions
Agenda item 3 is consideration of seven current petitions. We are taking the first two petitions together: PE1098, by Lynne Merrifield on behalf of Kingseat Community Council, and PE1223, by Ron Beatty, are both on school bus safety. Members have a note by the clerk and the su...
The Convener Lab Committee
23 Jun 2015
Continued Petitions
The next item is consideration of petition PE1563, by Doreen Goldie, on behalf of Avonbridge and Standburn Community Council, on spreading of sewage sludge. We will take evidence from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and Scottish Water. Members have a note by the cl...
The Convener Lab Committee
13 Jan 2015
Current Petition
The next item of business is an evidence session with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, as part of the committee’s consideration of petition PE1531, by Ashley Husband Powton, on removing charitable status from private schools. Members have a note by the clerk—paper...
The Convener Lab Committee
13 Jan 2015
Current Petitions
The next item of business is consideration of five current petitions. The first petition is PE1408, by Andrea MacArthur, on the updating of pernicious anaemia and vitamin B12 deficiency understanding and treatment. Members have a note by the clerk and the submissions. I invite...
The Convener Lab Committee
13 Jan 2015
Current Petitions
The next petition is PE1446, by Dr Liza Morton, on behalf of Scottish adult congenital heart patients, on Scottish standards for the care of adult congenital heart disease patients. Members have a note by the clerk and the submissions, including a late submission from the peti...
The Convener Lab Committee
13 Jan 2015
Current Petitions
The next petition is PE1480, by Amanda Kopel, on behalf of the Frank Kopel Alzheimer’s awareness campaign, on Alzheimer’s and dementia awareness. Members have a note by the clerk and the submissions. I invite contributions from members. As there are no contributions, I sugges...
The Convener Lab Committee
13 Jan 2015
Current Petitions
The next petition is PE1505, by Jackie Watt, on awareness of streptococcus B in pregnancy and infants. Members have a note by the clerk and the submissions. I invite contributions from members. As there are no contributions, I ask the committee to agree that we write to the S...
The Convener Lab Committee
13 Jan 2015
Current Petitions
The final current petition is PE1518, by George M Chalmers, on meaningful public consultation in the Scottish planning system. Members have a note by the clerk and the submissions, including a recent submission from the petitioner. I invite members to make any contributions. ...
The Convener (John Pentland) Lab Committee
27 Jan 2015
Current Petition
Good morning. I remind everyone to switch off mobile phones and electronic devices, as they interfere with the sound system. We have received apologies from Hanzala Malik. Agenda item 1 is an evidence-taking session with the Scottish Government as part of the committee’s cons...
The Convener Lab Committee
27 Jan 2015
Current Petitions
The next petition is PE1521, by George Eckton and Jane O’Donnell, on no more page 3 in The Scottish Sun and the Scottish Parliament. Members have a note by the clerk and the submissions. I bring to members’ attention the fact that I have recently been appointed to the Scottis...
The Convener Lab Committee
27 Jan 2015
Current Petitions
The next petition is PE1534 by Clare Symonds, on behalf of Planning Democracy, on equal rights of appeal in the planning system. Members have a note from the clerk and the submissions. I invite contributions from members.
The Convener (John Pentland) Lab Committee
17 Feb 2015
Current Petition
Good morning and welcome to this meeting of the Public Petitions Committee. I ask everyone to switch off mobile phones and other electronic devices, as they interfere with the sound system. We have received apologies from David Torrance. Agenda item 1 is an evidence-taking se...
The Convener Lab Committee
23 Feb 2015
Current Petitions
The next petition is PE1539, by Anne Booth, on housing associations and the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. Members have a note by the clerk and the submissions. After the committee papers were issued, an email was received from the petitioner. I invite members’ co...
The Convener Lab Committee
31 Mar 2015
Continued Petitions
The next petition is PE1493, by Peter John Gordon, on a sunshine act for Scotland. Members have a note by the clerk and the submissions. I invite contributions from members. I will comment before we come to a decision on action. Guidelines were issued as far back as 2003. It...
The Convener Lab Committee
31 Mar 2015
Continued Petitions
The next petition is PE1525, by Catherine Fraser, on access to justice. Members have a note by the clerk and the submissions. I invite contributions from members.
The Convener Lab Committee
31 Mar 2015
Continued Petitions
The final continued petition today is PE1533, by Jeff Adamson, on behalf of Scotland against the care tax, on abolition of non-residential social care charges for older and disabled people. Members have a note by the clerk and the submissions. I invite contributions from members.
The Convener Lab Committee
12 May 2015
Continued Petitions
Item 3 is consideration of nine continued petitions. The first is PE1098, by Lynn Merrifield, on behalf of Kingseat community council, on school bus safety. Members have a note by the clerk and the submissions. I invite contributions from members.
The Convener Lab Committee
12 May 2015
Continued Petitions
The next petition is PE1105, by Marjorie McCance, on St Margaret of Scotland hospice. Members have a note by the clerk and the submissions. I welcome to the meeting Gil Paterson MSP, who has a constituency interest in the petition. I invite contributions from members.
The Convener Lab Committee
12 May 2015
Continued Petitions
The next petition is PE1458, by Peter Cherbi, on a register of interests for members of the Scottish judiciary. Members have a note by the clerk and the submissions. I invite contributions from members.
The Convener Lab Committee
12 May 2015
Continued Petitions
The next two petitions are to be considered together. They are PE1513, by Ron Park, on equal rights for unmarried fathers, and PE1528, by John Ronald, on child court reform. Members have a note by the clerk and the submissions. I invite contributions from members.
The Convener Lab Committee
12 May 2015
Continued Petitions
The next petition is PE1517, by Elaine Holmes and Olive McIlroy, on behalf of the Scottish mesh survivors’ hear our voice campaign, on mesh medical devices. Members have a note by the clerk and the submissions. I welcome to the meeting Neil Findlay MSP, who has an interest in...
The Convener Lab Committee
12 May 2015
Continued Petitions
The final continued petition is PE1552, by Peter Campbell, on the choice of treatment for cancer patients. Members have a note by the clerk and the submissions. I invite comments from members.
The Convener Lab Committee
26 May 2015
Continued Petitions
The next petition is PE1548, by Beth Morrison, on national guidance on restraint and seclusion in schools. Again, members have a note by the clerk and the submissions, and I invite contributions from members.
The Convener Lab Committee
26 May 2015
Continued Petitions
The final petition is PE1551, by Scott Pattinson, on mandatory reporting of child abuse. Members have a note by the clerk and copies of submissions, and I invite questions and contributions from members.
The Convener Lab Committee
26 May 2015
Continued Petitions
There have been several follow-ups, but it has been more than two months since the committee wrote to the Scottish Government on this matter and we have yet to receive its reply. This is a very important matter that deserves a response. As with our discussion of the last petit...
The Convener Lab Committee
09 Jun 2015
Continued Petitions
The next petition is PE1482, by John Womersley, on isolation in single-room hospitals. Members have a note by the clerk and copies of submissions. I invite comments from members.
The Convener Lab Committee
09 Jun 2015
Continued Petitions
The next petition is PE1549, by Alan Clark Young, on concessionary travel passes for war veterans. Members have a note from the clerk and the submissions. I invite contributions from members.
The Convener Lab Committee
09 Jun 2015
New Petition
The second new petition is PE1568, by Catherine Hughes, on the funding of, access to and promotion of the national health service centre for integrative care. Members have a note by the clerk, a Scottish Parliament information centre briefing, the petition and submissions. I...
The Convener Lab Committee
23 Jun 2015
New Petition
The next item of business is consideration of new petition PE1566, by Mary Hemphill and Ian Reid, on a national service delivery model for warfarin patients. Members have a note by the clerk, a SPICe briefing on the petition and the submissions. We have also received a late su...
The Convener Lab Committee
23 Jun 2015
Continued Petitions
Agenda item 5 is consideration of five continued petitions, the first of which is PE1537, by Shona Brash, on behalf of the Coastal Regeneration Alliance, on the proposed energy park at Cockenzie. I welcome Iain Gray, who has a constituency interest in the petition. Members hav...
The Convener Lab Committee
23 Jun 2015
Continued Petitions
The next petition is PE1556, by John Mayhew, on behalf of the Scottish Campaign for National Parks and the Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland, on a national parks strategy for Scotland. Members have a note by the clerk and the submissions. I invite contributions ...
The Convener Lab Committee
23 Jun 2015
Continued Petitions
The final continued petition today is PE1562, by Alan McLean, on perverse acquittal. Members have a note by the clerk and the submissions. I invite contributions from members.
John Pentland Lab Committee
14 Mar 2012
Public Services Reform and Local Government: Strand 1 (Partnerships and Outcomes)
I recognise that good progress is being made in CPPs and that some of the barriers that were there previously are slowly but surely disappearing. One of those barriers, which was highlighted by Mr Whitefield and others, concerned the sharing of budgets. I think that you sugges...
John Pentland Lab Committee
14 Mar 2012
Public Services Reform and Local Government: Strand 1 (Partnerships and Outcomes)
A number of submissions suggested that a mapping exercise could be done to determine public expenditure on meeting strategic priorities and needs. Do councils have any plans to do such a mapping exercise on meeting demands?
John Pentland Lab Committee
07 Mar 2012
Public Services Reform and Local Government: Strand 1 (Partnerships and Outcomes)
Quite a few of the submissions that we have received suggest that it might be useful to complete a mapping exercise to determine total public sector investment across all agencies within an area and then to focus on how that is aligned with the area’s strategic priorities and ...
John Pentland Lab Committee
27 Feb 2013
“Low Carbon Scotland: Meeting our Emissions Reduction Targets 2013-2027”
I want to rewind to the discussions from five or 10 minutes ago, when the minister made an offer to Stuart McMillan to provide examples. Making that information available to the committee would be helpful. In addition, will you identify how those examples have individually con...
John Pentland (Motherwell and Wishaw) (Lab) Lab Chamber
12 Jun 2013
National Planning Framework 3 and Scottish Planning Policy
As the minister is well aware, I have welcomed the inclusion of Ravenscraig as a national priority in NPF3. I hope that its redevelopment is not only consolidated in NPF3 but boosted significantly as a consequence of its enhanced status, through the extension of Scottish Gover...
John Pentland Lab Committee
05 Nov 2013
Draft Budget Scrutiny 2014-15
Your submissions highlight difficulties with funding, be it long-term funding or whatever, and I want to give you the opportunity to put on record what you believe would be the ideal solution. Most strategic plans probably run parallel with a three-year budgeting process, but ...
John Pentland (Motherwell and Wishaw) (Lab) Lab Chamber
07 Nov 2013
Tribunals (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Sometimes it takes weeks to hear repetition in the chamber, but when it does we tend to think, “Oh, no! Not that again.” However, we are less than an hour into this debate and members should believe me when I say that they will hear much the same from me as they did from other...
The Convener Lab Committee
27 Jan 2015
Current Petitions
The next petition is PE1530, by Spencer Fildes, on behalf of the Scottish Secular Society, on guidance on how creationism is presented in schools. Members have a note by the clerk and the submissions. I ask members for comments.
The Convener Lab Committee
27 Jan 2015
Current Petitions
The next petition is PE1517, on polypropylene mesh medical devices. I welcome Neil Findlay and John Scott to the meeting. As members are aware, due to the weather in the New York area, Adam Slater is unable to appear by videoconference today. I know that that will come as a di...
The Convener Lab Committee
17 Feb 2015
Current Petitions
The third and final current petition is PE1535, by Alexander Fraser, on teaching sustainability and banning plastic bags. Members have a note by the clerk and the submissions. I have also been made aware that this is the petition for which the late email came in.
The Convener Lab Committee
03 Mar 2015
Current Petitions
The next petition is PE1537, by Shona Brash on behalf of the Coastal Regeneration Alliance, on the proposed energy park at Cockenzie. Members have a note by the clerk and the submissions. I welcome Iain Gray to the meeting. He has a constituency interest in the petition.
The Convener Lab Committee
28 Apr 2015
Continued Petitions
The next petition is PE1537, by Shona Brash, on behalf of the Coastal Regeneration Alliance, on the proposed energy park at Cockenzie. Members have a note by the clerk and the submissions. I welcome Iain Gray MSP to the meeting. He has a constituency interest in the petition.
The Convener Lab Committee
28 Apr 2015
Continued Petitions
The next petition is PE1540 by Douglas Philand on a permanent solution for the A83. Members have a note by the clerk and the submissions, and I welcome to the meeting Mike Russell MSP, who has a constituency interest in the petition.
The Convener Lab Committee
28 Apr 2015
Continued Petitions
The next petition is PE1544, by Olivia Robertson, on increasing the maximum sentence for convictions under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006. Members have a note by the clerk and the submissions.
The Convener Lab Committee
28 Apr 2015
Continued Petitions
The next petition is PE1553, by Councillor Andrew S Wood, on rendering industry regulations. Members have a note by the clerk and the submissions.
The Convener Lab Committee
28 Apr 2015
Continued Petitions
The next petition is PE1557, by David R Slater, on behalf of the save our Whitesands car parks and river views campaign, on Scottish Government funding for the Whitesands flood scheme. Members have a note by the clerk and the submissions.
The Convener Lab Committee
28 Apr 2015
Continued Petitions
The final continuing petition today is PE1558, by John Thom, on behalf of the RNBCC Crayfish Committee, Ken-Dee catchment, on the American signal crayfish. Members have a note by the clerk and the submissions.
The Convener Lab Committee
12 May 2015
Continued Petitions
The next petition is PE1539, by Anne Booth, on making all housing associations subject to the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. Members have a note by the clerk and the submissions. As a firm believer in transparency and freedom of information, I am sympathetic to ...
The Convener Lab Committee
12 May 2015
Continued Petitions
The next petition is PE1542, by Evelyn Mundell, on behalf of Ben Mundell and Malcolm and Caroline Smith, on human rights for dairy farmers. Members have a note by the clerk and submissions. I welcome Jamie McGrigor and David Stewart to the meeting.
The Convener Lab Committee
26 May 2015
Continued Petitions
The next petition is PE1505, by Jackie Watt, on awareness of streptococcus B in pregnancy and among infants. Members have a note by the clerk and the submissions.
The Convener Lab Committee
26 May 2015
Continued Petitions
The next petition is PE1531, by Ashley Husband Powton, on removing charitable status from private schools. Members have a note by the clerk and submissions.
The Convener Lab Committee
26 May 2015
Continued Petitions
The next petition is PE1545, by Ann Maxwell on behalf of the Muir Maxwell Trust, on residential care provision for the severely learning disabled. Members have a note by the clerk and the submissions. If members have no comments, I suggest that we write to the Scottish Govern...
The Convener Lab Committee
09 Jun 2015
Continued Petitions
The next petition is PE1533, by Jeff Adamson, on behalf of Scotland against the care tax, on abolition of non-residential social care charges for older and disabled people. Members have a note by the clerk and copies of submissions. Do colleagues have any comments? I am quite ...
The Convener Lab Committee
09 Jun 2015
Continued Petitions
The final continued petition today is PE1554, by Jacq Kelly, on behalf of Leonard Cheshire Disability, on improving the provision of disabled-friendly housing. Members have a note from the clerk and submissions. As there are no contributions from members, I ask that we write...
The Convener Lab Committee
23 Jun 2015
Continued Petitions
The next petition is PE1555, by Siobhan Garrahy, on electric shock and vibration collars for animals. Members have a note by the clerk and the submissions.
John Pentland (Motherwell and Wishaw) (Lab) Lab Committee
17 Nov 2015
Education (Scotland) Bill
Some of the written submissions expressed concern about the NIF, particularly the national assessment element. For example, the union Voice said: “We believe classroom teachers, support for learning teachers and school management can provide better evidence and support for pu...
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Public Petitions Committee 27 January 2015

27 Jan 2015 · S4 · Public Petitions Committee
Item of business
Current Petitions
Polypropylene Mesh Medical Devices (PE1517)
Pentland, John Lab Motherwell and Wishaw Watch on SPTV
As there are no further comments, I will sum up. There are five action points. First, we will quickly get in touch with Mr Slater and invite him to give evidence. Secondly, we will invite the chairman and chief executive of the MHRA along. Thirdly, we will write to the new Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport and invite her back for an update. Fourthly, we will consider whether to have a single agenda item and to try to accommodate as many witnesses as we can on that day, but we will need to consider the logistics of that. The fifth point is that we will also invite the European Commission to give evidence. Are we agreed? Members indicated agreement.

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The Convener Lab
The next petition is PE1517, on polypropylene mesh medical devices. I welcome Neil Findlay and John Scott to the meeting. As members are aware, due to the we...
Jackson Carlaw Con
I am happy to support that course of action.
The Convener Lab
Do you have any comments, Mr Findlay?
Neil Findlay (Lothian) (Lab) Lab
Before I make any comment, I would like to know whether the committee has come to any conclusions about how to proceed with the petition.
Jackson Carlaw Con
I have a point that would lead us to that stage. The committee was appalled by the evidence that we heard, and we were enormously encouraged by the cabinet ...
Neil Findlay Lab
I thank Mr Carlaw for that. It is disappointing that Mr Slater cannot give evidence, although that is perfectly understandable, given the weather conditions...
John Scott (Ayr) (Con) Con
I identify myself with the foregoing remarks of colleagues. I, too, am disappointed that Mr Slater cannot give evidence, although obviously that is for entir...
The Convener Lab
As I said at the outset, we should schedule an evidence-taking session with Mr Slater as soon as possible, and I think that we should also invite the MHRA to...
Jackson Carlaw Con
I remind colleagues that the Scottish Government has an independent review under the chairmanship of Dr Lesley Wilkie, which will make its own recommendation...
John Wilson Ind
I support Jackson Carlaw’s point. As well as evidence from Mr Slater, the MHRA and the chair of the independent review body, it might be useful to take evide...
Neil Findlay Lab
I have two points. First, time is of the essence here, because the more we delay, the more potential there is for more people to be, in my view, victims of t...
David Torrance SNP
The European Commission took evidence at the end of last year and has a report coming out this month. It might be worth while inviting it to give us evidence...
The Convener Lab
As there are no further comments, I will sum up. There are five action points. First, we will quickly get in touch with Mr Slater and invite him to give evid...
Neil Findlay Lab
Convener, you said that the committee would invite the cabinet secretary “for an update”. Just so that I am clear, does that mean that the committee will wri...
The Convener Lab
Yes. We will invite the cabinet secretary to come back to the committee. Is that agreed? Members indicated agreement.
The Convener Lab
Thank you, colleagues. Meeting closed at 11:46.