Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private. 2. Consideration of continued petitions: The Committee will consider the following continued petitions— PE1856: Support the taxi trade; PE1958: Extend aftercare for previously looked after young people, and remove the continuing care age cap; PE1982: Review funding arrangements for higher education to help ensure more funded places are available for Scottish ballet dancers at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland; PE1997: Introduce mandatory braille labelling for food products sold in Scotland; and PE2042: Abolish car parking charges for all Forestry and Land Scotland sites. 3. Consideration of new petitions: The Committee will consider the following new petitions— PE2097: Repeal the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021; PE2100: Ministerial guidance to clarify the criteria for assessing licence applications under section 16 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981; PE2101: Provide Defibrillators for all Primary and Secondary Schools in Scotland; PE2102: Require anyone found guilty of rape or sexual assault to be registered as a sex offender; PE2104: End the pause on prescribing puberty blockers to children in Scotland; and PE2106: Prohibit mobile phone use in Scottish schools. 4. Inquiry into A9 Dualling Project: The Committee will consider a revised draft report.