Yesterday the Scottish Parliament discussed the LGBT Network's petition to legalise same sex marriage. The Committee has asked a minister if they will meet with the petitioners, and if they would consider setting up a group to look at the issue in more depth.
In many ways this is a big step forward. The Committee has accepted that this is an issue and that the Government should be meeting with the petitioners. They have untill the New Year to respond; rest assured we'll keep you informed.
PUBLIC PETITIONS COMMITTEE
Anna Winters
CLO
CLO
The Scottish Government
Edinburgh 2 December 2009
Dear
Anna,
CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS PE1239 & PE1269
The Public Petitions
Committee considered the above current petitions at its meeting yesterday.
The purpose of this letter is to seek a written response to—
- those raised during the discussion on the petition and
- the specific points below—
- Will the Minister meet with the petitioners to discuss how to take forward the issues raised in both petitions?
- Will the Scottish Government establish an advisory committee as referred to by Robin Harper during the discussion?
- Any relevant update it has regarding the Schalk & Kopf v Austria court case.
Please note that the
PE in the heading will hyperlink to this petition’s webpage where
you can access the petition, the research briefing, any written submissions
and oral transcripts for each time it has been discussed.
Guidance on response
The following information
may be helpful in preparing your response—
- please limit your written response to no more than 3 sides of A4
- the written response should
be provided electronically in MS Word format (we do not require a confirmatory
hard copy) to petitions@scottish.parliament.
uk - the Official Report of the Committee’s meeting will be available on the Parliament’s website from next Tuesday
- you can watch the archive footage of yesterday’s meeting via Holyrood TV.
Timetable
The Committee will give
further consideration to this petition and the written responses received
at its meeting on 2 March 2010. Accordingly, the deadline for your
response is 6 January.
The Committee asks that
this deadline is met to allow sufficient time for consideration
of the petition to continue as timetabled. Should you be unable to meet
the above deadline, please contact me as soon as possible.
Written submissions are
published as a part of a public paper at the meeting at which they are
considered. If you do not wish your response to be made public, please
contact me to discuss (you may wish to refer to the Parliament’s policy on handling
information received in response to calls for evidence).
On behalf of the Committee,
can I thank you for your assistance.
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