Public Petitions Committee

1. Declarations of interests: Julie MacDougall and David Torrance will be invited to declare any relevant interests. 2. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private. 3. Consideration of continued petitions: The Committee will consider the following continued petitions— PE1370: Justice for Megrahi; PE1458: Register of Interests for members of Scotland's judiciary; PE2136: Make non-fatal strangulation a standalone criminal offence in Scotland; PE1933: Allow the Fornethy Survivors to access Scotland’s redress scheme; PE1979: Establish an independent inquiry and an independent national whistleblowing officer; PE2099: Stop the proposed centralisation of specialist neonatal units in NHS Scotland; PE2161: Extend the time period for complaints through the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman for neurodivergent people to two years; and PE2202: Stop the Guga Hunt. 4. Consideration of new petitions: The Committee will consider the following new petitions— PE2212: Conduct a national review of local authority safeguarding and equality compliance frameworks; PE2213: Introduce the Small Animal road signs in Scotland; PE2215: Introduce a Statutory National Anti-Bullying Policy and Strengthen Consequences for Bullying in Scottish Schools; PE2216: Extend Young Persons' Free Bus Travel to include all under-26s; PE2219: Review the Mandatory Minimum Five-Year Prison Sentence for Firearms Offences; and PE2220: Support Retrofit Training for a Greener Scotland and Just Transition. 5. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme.