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Dear All
The Petitions Committee of the Scottish Parliament met yesterday,
Wednesday 21st December, and I attended with Christine Irving and Chris
Milne. In the end the petition attracted 710 signatures in total; 415 were from
We then answered questions for about half an hour and it was
clear that the committee members were genuinely interested in the issue and had
given it some thought. These included:
After the questions there was some discussion about how to
progress the issue and it was decided to put it out for comment to relevant
trade unions, Universities Scotland, and relevant specialist bodies such as
Learning and Teaching Scotland (LTS) and The Scottish Qualifications Agency
(SQA). It has to be said that Christine and I are in contact with many of these
bodies already but a letter under the banner of the Scottish Parliament will
carry a lot more weight than we can. The collated responses will come back to
the Petitions Committee for further consideration.
Depending on progress we shall write something for CILIP
Update in the New Year.
Our petition was preceded by one from two school girls of
about eleven whose barnstorming performance on the subject of excessive
packaging of supermarket products brought the house down. It’s true what
they say, never follow a children or a dog act!
Best wishes to all for Christmas and 2006
John
Dr. John Crawford,
Library Research Officer,
Room 302, (3rd floor)