Written Submissions for PE1098  

18 December 2007 :   The Committee agreed to seek responses to the issues raised in the petition from the Scottish Government, UK Department for Transport, Fife Council, Moray Council, COSLA, Road Safety Scotland, Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. Link to Official Report 18 December 2007 

18 March 2008 :   The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government to clarify what consideration and bearing the decision of Moray Council to provide seat belts on all its school buses will have and what encouragement it will give other local authorities to follow that Council and whether and how it will take forward the suggestion of Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People for a Children’s Rights Impact Assessment of seat belts in school buses. It also agreed to write to COSLA to determine what level of discussion has taken place around the issues raised in the petition. Link to Official Report 18 March 2008 

7 October 2008 :   The Committee reaffirmed the merit of this petition and agreed to write to the Scottish Government seeking a response to the specific points raised during the meeting. Link to Official Report 7 October 2008 

10 February 2009 :   The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government seeking a response to the specific points raised during the meeting. The Committee also agreed to invite the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change to appear before the Committee at a future meeting to answer questions on this issue and on the related petition PE1223. Link to Official Report 10 February 2009 

30 March 2009 :   The Committee took oral evidence from Stewart Stevenson MSP, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure & Climate Change.<Link to Official Report 30 March 2009  

16 June 2009 :   The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government seeking a further response to specific points. <Link to Official Report 16 June 2009  

3 November 2009 :   The Committee agreed to take consideration of both petitions forward through a round table discussion at a future meeting. <Link to Official Report 3 November 2009