This is all meetings of Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee held in 2025. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and Scottish Parliament TV.

12th Meeting

22 December

1. Testing December 11 Government Bill (Scotland) Bill
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• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Inspector Alan Dron
  Scottish Partnership Against Rural Crime (SPARC) and National Rural Crime Co-ordinator
  Police Scotland
• Ailsa Raeburn
  Chair
  Community Land Scotland
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
and then from:
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Abby Macrae
  Educational Institute of Scotland
• Abby Watson
2. Scottish Government European Union engagement
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• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
• Ailsa Raeburn
  Chair
  Community Land Scotland
• Ailsa Henderson
  Deputy Chair
and then from:
• Professor Adrian Hunter
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Rural Property and Business Association
• Lord Alison Ryan
  Grant Officer
  Law Society of Scotland
• Lord Alice Jimenez
  Researcher
• Lord Alison Nichols
  Public Works Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Alison Carlson
  Data Scientist
  Legal Aid Negotiating Team, Law Society of Scotland
and then from:
• Lord Alice Jimenez
  Researcher
• Professor Alice Ruiz
  Police Scotland
• Allie Payne
  Chemical Engineer
  Scottish Trades Union Congress
• Lord Allie Mccoy
  Public Works Manager
  Scottish Sports Association
3. Testing December 11 Government Bill (Scotland) Bill
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• Allan Reid
  Head of Public Relations
• Allan Beck
  Policy Developer
  Girlguiding Scotland
• Alison Cumming
  Executive Director, Performance Audit and Best Value
  Audit Scotland
and then from:
• Professor Alfredo Terry
  Resource Developer
  Edinburgh College
• Alfred Burns
  UK Government
• Lord Alexandra Gregory
  Volunteer
  UK Government
and then from:
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer

10th Meeting

15 December

1. Affordable Housing in Scotland
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• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
• Chief Constable Abbie Edwards
  NHS Lothian
• Lord Abbie Ellis
  Policy Developer
  Edinburgh Napier University
• Lord Abby Mckinney
  Educational Institute of Scotland
• Professor Abby Turner
  Full-Stack Developer
  NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
2. Annual report
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• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
• Professor Abigail Austin
  Financial Adviser
• Adam Jowett
  Coventry University
  Lead author of UK Government commissioned research into conversion therapy
• Adrian Gillespie
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Enterprise
• Professor Adrian Hunter
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Rural Property and Business Association
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Lord Adrian Parker
  Legal Aid Negotiating Team, Law Society of Scotland
• Afrika Priestley
  Lead Anti-Racist and Pro Black Ambassador
  Intercultural Youth Scotland
• Aiden Lowe
  Chemical Engineer
  sportscotland
3. Testing December 8 (Scotland) Bill (in private)
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• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Adam Jowett
  Coventry University
  Lead author of UK Government commissioned research into conversion therapy
• Professor Adrian Hunter
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Rural Property and Business Association
• Adrian Gillespie
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Enterprise
• Professor Abigail Austin
  Financial Adviser
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland

15th Meeting

09 October

1. Consideration of continued petitions
2. Consideration of new petitions

15th Meeting

08 October

1. Consideration of continued petitions
2. Consideration of new petitions

7th Meeting

24 September

42nd Meeting

23 September

1. Public petitions

8th Meeting

09 September

7th Meeting

04 September

94th Meeting

26 August

1. Mental Health in Scotland (in private)
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• Inspector Test test Smith
  Scottish Partnership Against Rural Crime (SPARC) and National Rural Crime Co-ordinator
  Police Scotland
• Pauline Smith
  Chief Executive
• Helen Smith
  Chief Executive
  Audit Scotland
• Lord Jar Smith
  Consultant
2. Public petitions

94th Meeting

15 August

7th Meeting

14 August

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Consideration of continued petitions
3. Consideration of new petitions
4. Consideration of Evidence
5. Work programme

7th Meeting

17 July

4th Meeting

02 May

1. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Targets

3rd Meeting

28 April

1. Legacy paper

2nd Meeting

25 April

1. Annual report

1st Meeting

24 April

1. Housing (Scotland) Bill

97th Meeting

05 February

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Land Reform (Scotland) Bill
3. Subordinate legislation

94th Meeting

04 February

1. Land Reform (Scotland) Bill
2. Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill

96th Meeting

30 January

1. Mental Health (Scotland) Bill

93rd Meeting

28 January

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Work programme

90th Meeting

16 January

1. Disability Commissioner (Scotland) Bill
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• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
2. Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT)

80th Meeting

09 January

1. Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill
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• Gillian Martin
  Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy
  Scottish Government
• Leia Fitzgerald
  Head of Nature Division Bill Unit
  Scottish Government
• Lisa McCann
  Head of Biodiversity Unit
  Scottish Government
• Joan McHutchison
  Solicitor
  Scottish Government
and then from:
• Gillian Martin
  Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy
  Scottish Government
• Stewart Cunningham
  Solicitor
  Scottish Government
• Leia Fitzgerald
  Head of Nature Division Bill Unit
  Scottish Government
• Joanne Napier
  Senior Policy Officer, Offshore Energy
  Scottish Government
and then from:
• Jim Fairlie
  Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity
  Scottish Government
• Leia Fitzgerald
  Head of Nature Division Bill Unit
  Scottish Government
• Hazel Reilly
  Solicitor
  Scottish Government
• Brodie Wilson
  Policy Manager, Wildlife Management Team
  Scottish Government
• Sam Turner
  Team Leader, Wildlife Management Team
  Scottish Government
2. Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill (in private)

This is all meetings of Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee held in 2024. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and Scottish Parliament TV.

6th Meeting

25 March

1. Budget (Scotland) (No. 3) Bill
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• Pat Costello
  Head of most things
  My second test without screwing up the data for a very long organisation name that is not yet associated to a record so that it wont stop the saving process.

6th Meeting

25 March

1. Budget (Scotland) (No. 3) Bill
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• Pat Costello
  Head of most things
  My second test without screwing up the data for a very long organisation name that is not yet associated to a record so that it wont stop the saving process.

4th Meeting

25 March

1. Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill
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• Cooper Costello
  Head of everything
  this is a very long organisation name that will be wrapped when it gets to the end of this box. i think that this name is longer than 100 characters (2)
• Cooper Costello
  Head of Department

This is all meetings of Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee held in 2023. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and Scottish Parliament TV.

8th Meeting

17 May

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Consideration of continued petitions
3. Consideration of new petitions
4. Annual report

93rd Meeting

10 May

1. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
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• Lady Entity Test
  The head of eveything
  Caledonian MacBrayne
• Freddie Battleford
  Test Pilot
• Chief Superintendent Test Flynn
  Chief Superintendent
  Scottish SPCA
• Test Jenkinson
  Access and Countryside Advisor
  Kennel Club
and then from:
• Test Boyden
  Director
  Dogs Trust
• Test Jones
  Strategic Paths and Projects Manager
  Nature Scotland
• Test Hatton
  Assistant Team Leader, Operations, Mid Argyll, Kintyre & Islay, Argyll and Bute Council
• Test Watson
  Director
  Dogs Trust
2. Defective and Dangerous Buildings (Recovery of Expenses) (Scotland) Bill
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• Test 1 Hatton
  Assistant Team Leader, Operations, Mid Argyll, Kintyre & Islay
• Test A Anderson
  Director
  Scottish Government
• Test B Anderson
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Government
• Test C Anderson
  Chief Financial Officer
  Scottish Government
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Public petitions
5. Work programme

7th Meeting

03 May

1. Declaration of interests
2. Consideration of continued petitions
3. Consideration of new petitions
4. Public Participation Inquiry (in private)

6th Meeting

19 April

1. Consideration of continued petitions
2. Consideration of new petitions
3. Work programme (in private)

5th Meeting

22 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Consideration of continued petitions
3. Consideration of new petitions
4. Public Participation Inquiry

4th Meeting

08 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Consideration of continued petitions
3. Consideration of new petitions
4. Consideration of a continued petition

3rd Meeting

22 February

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Consideration of continued petitions
3. Consideration of new petitions
4. Public Participation Inquiry

2nd Meeting

08 February

1. Declaration of interests
2. Decision on taking business in private
3. Consideration of continued petitions
4. Consideration of new petitions
5. Consideration of new petitions (in private)

1st Meeting

18 January

1. Consideration of continued petitions
2. Consideration of new petitions
3. Work programme (in private)

This is all meetings of Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee held in 2022. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and Scottish Parliament TV.

19th Meeting

21 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Consideration of continued petitions
3. Consideration of new petitions
4. Consideration of continued petitions
5. Consideration of a continued petition

18th Meeting

14 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Public Participation Inquiry
3. Public Participation Inquiry

17th Meeting

07 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Consideration of continued petitions
3. Consideration of new petitions
4. Consideration of a continued petition
5. Public Participation Inquiry
6. Petitions management

16th Meeting

23 November

1. Consideration of continued petitions
2. Consideration of new petitions

15th Meeting

09 November

1. Declaration of interests
2. Consideration of continued petitions
3. Consideration of new petitions
4. Work programme (in private)

14th Meeting

26 October

1. Consideration of continued petitions
2. Consideration of new petitions
3. Public Participation Inquiry (in private)

13th Meeting

28 September

1. Declaration of interests
2. Consideration of continued petitions
3. Consideration of new petitions
4. Work programme (in private)

22nd Meeting

30 June

1. Music Tuition in Schools
2. Miners’ Strike (Pardons) (Scotland) Bill
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• Adam Jowett
  Coventry University
  Lead author of UK Government commissioned research into conversion therapy
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
and then from:
• Calvin Lambert
  Scottish Sports Association
• Lord Allie Mccoy
  Public Works Manager
  Scottish Sports Association
• Andrea Wheeler
  Scottish Sports Association
and then from:
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Abby Macrae
  Educational Institute of Scotland
• Professor Abby Barnett
  Prison Officers Association (Scotland) 2
3. Public petitions: PE01709
4. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
5. Legacy paper
6. Budget (Scotland) Bill - witness expenses (in private)

12th Meeting

29 June

1. Consideration of continued petitions
2. Consideration of new petitions
3. Work programme (in private)

11th Meeting

15 June

1. Scottish Government response to the Expert Working Group report on Institutionalising Participatory and Deliberative Democracy
2. Consideration of continued petitions
3. Consideration of new petitions
4. Consideration of continued petitions

10th Meeting

08 June

1. Consideration of continued petitions

9th Meeting

18 May

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Consideration of continued petitions
3. Annual report
4. Work programme (in private)

8th Meeting

12 May

1. Consideration of a continued petition

7th Meeting

04 May

1. Consideration of continued petitions
2. Consideration of new petitions
3. Work programme (in private)

6th Meeting

20 April

1. Declaration of interests
2. Institutionalising Participatory and Deliberative Democracy (IPDD)
3. Consideration of continued petitions
4. Consideration of new petitions
5. Work programme (in private)

5th Meeting

23 March

1. Consideration of continued petitions
2. Consideration of new petitions
3. Work programme

4th Meeting

09 March

1. Consideration of continued petitions
2. Consideration of new petitions
3. Work programme (in private)

3rd Meeting

23 February

1. Consideration of continued petitions
2. Consideration of new petitions
3. Work programme (in private)

2nd Meeting

02 February

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Consideration of continued petitions
3. Consideration of a new petition
4. Work programme

1st Meeting

19 January

1. Declaration of interests
2. Consideration of continued petitions
3. Consideration of new petitions

This is all meetings of Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee held in 2021. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and Scottish Parliament TV.

79th Meeting

28 December

1. Carer’s Allowance Supplement (Scotland) Bill
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• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Abbie Edwards
  NHS Lothian
2. Public petitions
3. Gender Balance
4. Transvaginal Mesh Removal (Cost Reimbursement) (Scotland) Bill

78th Meeting

27 December

1. Legacy paper
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Music Tuition in Schools - witness expenses
4. Work programme (in private)

77th Meeting

21 December

1. Consideration of a new petition

76th Meeting

20 December

1. Consideration of continued petitions

75th Meeting

16 December

1. Declaration of interests
2. Section 22 report
3. Public petitions: PE1692
4. Decision on taking business in private

74th Meeting

13 December

1. Consideration of new petitions
2. Carer’s Allowance Supplement (Scotland) Bill
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• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Work programme (in private)

73rd Meeting

06 December

1. Carer’s Allowance Supplement (Scotland) Bill
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• Lesley Nope
  Senior Business Manager
  Scotland Office
• Lord Allie Mccoy
  Public Works Manager
  Scottish Sports Association
• Andrea Wheeler
  Scottish Sports Association
and then from:
• Inspector Theo Morse
• Lord Alfred Murphy
  Public Works Manager
  Scottish Youth Parliament
• Professor Amanda Sutton
  Head of Public Relations
• Carolyn Graham
  Volunteer
  Scottish Youth Parliament
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Planning Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
4. Brussels Bulletin
5. Instruments subject to negative procedure
6. Work programme (in private)

8th Meeting

01 December

1. Consideration of continued petitions
2. Consideration of new petitions

7th Meeting

17 November

1. Consideration of continued petitions
2. Consideration of new petitions

6th Meeting

03 November

1. Consideration of new petitions

5th Meeting

06 October

1. Declaration of interests
2. Consideration of new petitions
3. Consideration of continued petitions

4th Meeting

22 September

1. Consideration of new petitions

3rd Meeting

08 September

1. Consideration of continued petitions
2. Consideration of new petitions

2nd Meeting

01 September

1. Consideration of new petitions

1st Meeting 2021

23 June