PE/S3/07/5/2

PUBLIC PETITIONS COMMITTEE

5th meeting, 2007 (Session 3)

Tuesday 2 October 2007

Consideration of current petitions: The Committee will further consider the following current petitions and written submissions received—

PE808 Petition by Lilian Lawson, on behalf of the Scottish Council on Deafness, calling for the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to develop and establish a specialist inpatient mental health unit for deaf and deafblind people and to provide resources (e.g. training) for mainstream psychiatric services in the community to make them more accessible to deaf and deafblind people in Scotland.

Written submissions— PE808/A: Petitioner’s letter of 17 April 2007

PE867 Petition by W Hunter Watson calling for the Scottish Parliament to provide adequate safeguards against vulnerable adults being given, by surreptitious means, unwanted, unnecessary and potentially harmful medication.

Written submissions— PE867/A: Scottish Executive’s letter of 23 March 2007 PE867/B: Petitioner’s letter of 23 June 2007 PE867/C: Petitioner’s letter of 20 September 2007

PE873 Petition by Helene MacLean, on behalf of the Scottish Post Polio Network, calling for the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to join the international community in recognising post-polio syndrome (PPS) and to conduct a much needed national review of neurological services to take account of the needs of PPS and all other long term neurological conditions with a view to establishing multi-disciplinary centres of excellence to assess, treat and research such conditions that affect the lives of many thousands of individuals in Scotland.

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Written submissions— PE873/A: Petitioner’s letter of 8 February 2007 PE873/B: Chief Scientist’s letter of 6 March 2007 PE873/C: Petitioner’s letter of 2 June 2007 PE873/D: Petitioner’s letter of 25 June 2007

PE894 Petition by the Association of Caithness Community Councils calling for the Scottish Parliament to consider investment in infrastructure, rolling stock and timetabling as part of a strategic root and branch review of the provision of rail services between Inverness, Thurso and Wick, with unrestricted thinking on how best to shorten journey times and ensure the continuing future of the railway to these destinations. Thought should also be given to ensuring that the existing communities of the ‘Lairg loop’ are provided for.

Written submissions— PE894/A: HITRANS letter of 25 April 2007 PE894/B: Caithness Partnership’s letters of 4 & 15 June 2007 PE894/C: Petitioner’s letter of 22 September 2007 PE908 Petition by Connie M Syme calling for the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to ensure that traffic regulation orders are applied to all disabled parking bays to ensure that they are used by registered disabled users only. PE909 Petition by James MacLeod, on behalf of Inverclyde Council on Disability Ltd., calling for the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to review the Local Authorities’ Traffic Orders (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations to allow for speedier provision and enforcement of dropped kerbs and disabled parking bays to prevent their abuse, ensuring greater and easier access for disabled, elderly and other users. PE1007 Petition by Catherine Walker, on behalf of Greater Knightswood Elderly Forum, calling for the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to prevent the improper use of disabled parking bays and to ensure that they are used by registered disabled users only. Written submissions— PE908/A, PE909/A & PE1007/A: Scottish Executive’s letter of 22 March 2007 PE908/B: Petitioner PE908 letter of 18 June 2007 PE909/B: Petitioner PE909 letter of 8 June 2007

PE934 Petition by Dr J W Hinton, on behalf of the Meteredparking Organisation, calling for the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to review the Local Authorities’ Traffic Orders (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 1999 to ensure that the local authority consultation in relation to traffic orders is full, meaningful and democratic.

Written submissions— PE934/A: Glasgow City Council’s letter of 11 June 2007 PE934/B: Petitioner’s letter of 30 July 2007 PE934/C: Petitioner’s letter of 25 September 2007

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PE953 Petition by Ms Jean Gall, on behalf of the Scottish Association of Sleep Apnoea, calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to increase awareness, promote the proper diagnosis and treatment and provide sufficient resources, including adequately funded sleep centres, to tackle the health problems associated with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea.

Written submissions— PE953/A: Scottish Executive’s letter of 22 March 2007 PE953/B: NHS Health Scotland letter of 19 April 2007 PE953/C: Petitioner’s letter of 11 June 2007

PE984 Petition by Dr Colin Watson, on behalf of Scothedge, calling on the Scottish Parliament to introduce legislation to provide local authorities with the power to deal with complaints regarding vigorous growing trees, hedges, vines or other plants.

Written submission— PE984/A: Petitioner’s e-mail of 22 September 2007

PE1008 Petition by James Ward calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to review the operation of the Accountant in Bankruptcy, particularly in relation to the implementation of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, section 187(1).

Written submissions— PE1008/A: Scottish Government’s letter of 29 June 2007 PE1008/B: Petitioner’s letter of 11 July 2007 PE1008/C: Petitioner’s letter of 26 July 2007 Clerk to the Committee 26 September 2007

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