Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 4 and 5 in private. 2. Consideration of continued petitions: The Committee will consider the following continued petitions— PE2099: Stop the proposed centralisation of specialist neonatal units in NHS Scotland. The Committee will take evidence from— Dr Stephen Wardle, President, British Association of Perinatal Medicine and then from— Jim Crombie, Co-Chair, Perinatal Subgroup Dr Andrew Murray, Co-Chair, Perinatal Subgroup and then consider— PE1723: Essential tremor treatment in Scotland; PE1871: Full review of mental health services; PE2017: Extend the period that specialist perinatal mental health support is made available beyond one year; PE2070: Stop same-day-only GP appointment systems; PE1911: Review of Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006 as it relates to post-mortems; PE1962: Stop motorhomes parking overnight out with formal campsites, caravan parks and Aires; PE1976: Backdate council tax discounts for dementia to the date of GP certification; PE2130: Make it illegal to remove all the hair from a horse’s tail; PE2132: Publish a timeline for the dualling of the A96 between Inverness and Nairn by Easter 2025; PE2135: Implement the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) in Scottish legislation; PE2140: Introduce a parking badge for pregnant women; and PE2146: Allow the use of privately sourced donor eggs in NHS funded IVF treatment. 3. Consideration of new petitions: The Committee will consider the following new petitions— PE2180: Review the procedures and case progress timelines for the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland; PE2183: Make Suicide Awareness and Prevention training mandatory for high school students; PE2185: Introduce stronger safeguards around the use of digital material in court proceedings; PE2187: Reinstate 6-monthly dental check-ups for state pensioners; and PE2188: Extend the National Entitlement Card scheme to include ferry travel for people aged 60 and over. 4. Consideration of evidence: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2. 5. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme.