The final petition is PE406, from Margaret Doig. It calls on the Scottish Parliament to address the omissions concerning the code of practice and the current law governing the post-mortem removal and retention of organs. We are awaiting the outcome of the Scottish Executive consultation on the findings of the independent review group on the retention of organs at post-mortem. It is recommended that no action be taken by the committee at this stage. Is that agreed?
Official Report · Committee
Petitions
Organ Retention (PE406)
Speakers
Choose an MSP to read only their contributions- Margaret Smith LD 4
- Nicola Sturgeon SNP 2
The record
9 contributionsMembers indicated agreement.
On a matter that is not covered in the petitions report, I understand that the Transport and the Environment Committee has voted to send a petition on genetically modified crops to the Health and Community Care Committee. I understand that that might not yet have been received by the committee, but I ask the clerks to the two committees to sort out the matter soon, because it is important to have the matter on our agenda before the summer recess, even if that is simply for the committee to take an initial view on action that we might want to take. There is some urgency about the matter and it would be unfortunate if it were left until after the recess.
The Transport and the Environment Committee has decided to forward some papers to us. I sought clarification on the matter. That committee's action seemed to fall short of a formal referral of the petition. We are waiting to find out what the Transport and the Environment Committee wants us to do on the question of GM crops. We have not received the papers yet.I am happy to be guided by members if they feel that they want to bypass the usual petition system, whereby we catch petitions every three months or so. That is for members to decide. In the absence of the papers and not having been asked to do a particular task, the matter has not formed part of our agenda this morning.
I appreciate that there are processes to be followed, but I suggest that we ask the Transport and the Environment Committee for the papers to find out what stage it has reached and what it is asking us to do, and that we put the petition on the agenda for our next meeting. We should consider the matter, as the crops are about to germinate—it is a matter of urgency. It would be a shame just to leave it.
We are expecting the papers in the next few days, so there is no reason why we cannot put the matter on to a forthcoming agenda. Is that agreed?
Members indicated agreement.
That completes the public part of this morning's business.
Meeting suspended until 10:12 and thereafter continued in private until 11:44.
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