Current Petitions

The final petition is PE427, from the Rev Iain Murdoch, on the subject of sex and drugs education resources in Scottish schools. Members will remember that the Rev Iain Murdoch was at the most recent meeting of the Public Petitions Committee. He was concerned about some of the questioning at that meeting about whether the petition was backed officially by the Church of Scotland, the Roman Catholic Church and other churches in Scotland.He has written back and made it clear that PE427 is a grass-roots petition that is not officially endorsed by any of the church organisations in Scotland. We are asked to note that additional correspondence and to take no further action, other than to confirm to the petitioners that the committee noted the points that they raised and that the Education, Culture and Sport Committee was sent a copy of the petitioners' letter. Is that agreed?Members indicated agreement.

It is not for us to decide—thank God.Okay. That is everything. There is no other competent business. I thank you all for your endurance this morning. It has been a long committee meeting, but we got through a lot of work. Thank you very much for your co-operation.