Written Submissions for PE1073  

2 October 2007 :   The Public Petitions Committee agreed to seek views on the petition from the Scottish Government. Link to Official Report - 2 October 2007 

29 January 2008 :   The Committee agreed to write again to the Scottish Government, covering the Scottish Prison Service, on what action it is taking to investigate and analyse, for example through academic research, the disproportionate number of Roman Catholics, and Muslims, in prison and any link between social deprivation and offending and victimisation. The Committee also agreed to write to the Equality and Human Rights Commission on the issues raised in the petition. Link to Official Report 29 January 2008 

13 May 2008 :   The Committee agreed to write again to the Scottish Government asking it to respond to the issues raised in the petition and each of the written submissions received as a matter of urgency and to state why it did not reply to the Committee’s previous request. The Committee also agreed to seek responses to the issues raised in the petition from the Scottish Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders, Association of Directors of Social Work, academia, including University of Stirling and University of London and Sheriff’s Association. Link to Official Report 13 May 2008 

18 November 2008 :   The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government seeking a response to the specific points raised during the meeting. Link to Official Report 18 November 2008 

10 February 2009 :   The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government seeking further responses to the specific points raised during the meeting. Further, to request that SPICe undertake background research on the issues discussed. Link to Official Report 10 February 2009 

16 June 2009 :   The Committee agreed to invite the Scottish Parliament's Information Centre (SPICe) to consider a study into the scope and feasibility of research. <Link to Official Report 16 June 2009  

3 November 2009 :   The Committee agreed to invite, through the Scottish Parliament Information Centre, academics to take forward a detailed scoping study on a research project into the issues raised in the petition and to report back to the Committee. <Link to Official Report 3 November 2009 

12 January 2010 :   The Committee agreed to invite academics to discuss the scope of a possible research project into the issues raised in the petition. <Link to Official Report 12 January 2010