Current Petitions

PE1354, by Stewart Mackenzie, is on legal education in secondary schools. I seek committee members’ views on the petition.

I think that the petition has run its course in terms of what the committee can do. I believe that we should close it, under rule 15.7 of standing orders, on the ground that the Scottish Government has provided detailed and helpful information in its response to the questions that the committee asked, which supports the Government’s position that citizenship should not be a compulsory element of the curriculum, as was proposed. In addition, the Government has responded to the points that were previously made to the committee by the petitioner, as well as by the Scottish Trades Union Congress, Consumer Focus and Citizens Advice Scotland. On those bases, I suggest to colleagues that we close the petition.

Is it the view of the committee that we should close that petition?Members indicated agreement.