Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 5 and 6 in private. 2. Evidence Session: The Committee will take evidence from— Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Transport Nicola Blaney, Head of Strategic Transport Planning, Transport Scotland Alasdair Graham, Head of Design, Procurement and Contracts, Transport Scotland Lawrence Shackman, Director of Major Projects, Transport Scotland The Committee will be taking evidence on the following petitions— PE1657: A77 upgrade; PE1610: Upgrade the A75; PE1916: Request a public inquiry into the management of the rest and be thankful project; PE1967: Protect Loch Lomond’s Atlantic oakwood shoreline by implementing the High Road option for the A82 upgrade between Tarbet and Inverarnan, and PE2132: Publish a timeline for the dualling of the A96 between Inverness and Nairn by Easter 2025. . 3. Consideration of continued petitions: The Committee will consider the following continued petitions— PE1885: Make offering Community Shared Ownership mandatory for all windfarm development planning proposals; PE1919: Ban the sale of high caffeine products to children for performance enhancement; PE2030: Review cultural funding arrangements to enable Scotland to contribute to the Venice Biennale in 2024; PE2085: Introduce a statutory definition of residency for Fatal Accident Inquiries into the deaths of Scots abroad; and PE2091: Provide funding to have a CAHMS worker and a nurse based within Scottish high schools. 4. Consideration of new petitions: The Committee will consider the following new petitions— PE2135: Implement the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) in Scottish legislation, and PE2140: Introduce a parking badge for pregnant women 5. Consideration of Evidence: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2. 6. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme.