Petitions

The second item on the agenda is consideration of petitions, the first of which is PE53 from Mr Frank Harvey, asking the Parliament to take steps to ensure that young people are not discriminated against by Partick Housing Association. We have received a reply from Scottish Homes, and the recommendation to the committee is to note that response and to forward it to Mr Harvey. Is that agreed?Members indicated agreement.

In the covering letter, we could congratulate Mr Harvey on the national prominence he has brought himself through his petitioning. Laughter.

Is that the way to get in the papers?

Mr Harvey is keeping John in a job.

The Public Petitions Committee must be one of the most overworked committees in the Parliament.The next petition is petition PE106, which is again from Mr Frank Harvey. It is about the sale of local authority housing stock, which has exercised our minds somewhat in this committee. The committee is invited to take the issues raised in the petition into account in its wider consideration of the housing stock transfer issue. I do not think that there is any doubt that the committee has carried out a thorough examination of housing stock transfer, so I suggest that we deal with the petition as part of that.Members indicated agreement.