Current Petitions

Petition PE674 calls on the Scottish Parliament to consider the funding of services for people who suffer from motor neurone disease. The context for the petition is the Scottish Motor Neurone Disease Association's "Manifesto for the Scottish Parliament". At its meeting on 26 November 2003, the committee agreed to seek the views of the Executive on the petition. In its response, the Executive stated:"The Committee will be well aware that these understandable goals are shared by a very large number of condition-specific voluntary organisations, not least through the substantial number of ongoing petitions before it all calling for Executive initiatives and dedicated funding for a wide variety of conditions. The Committee is also aware of the Executive's view that the planning and management of services is in general best carried out a local level, and that the unified budgets made available to NHS Boards should be maximised rather than holding back funds to be used for specific conditions."What do members think of the response?

Perhaps we should write to the petitioner to ask for their view of the response?

That is a good suggestion. Are members happy with the suggestion that we do not close PE674 until we receive the view of the petitioner?Members indicated agreement.