PUBLIC PETITIONS COMMITTEE

 William Leitch 

By e-mail:
sonnyconsort@btinternet.com          

16 February 2010 

Dear Mr Leitch

 CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED PETITION PP838

 I am writing to confirm that your petition— 

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to make representations to the UK Government asking it to investigate the circumstances into the process for awarding medals to those involved in the 1949 Yangtze campaign and, in particular, whether this process was corrupted as a result of the exclusion of relevant and important documents relating to the role of HMS Concord in the Yangtze Campaign on 30 and 31 July 1949 

will be formally lodged with the Scottish Parliament on 21 February unless we hear from you to the contrary prior to that date.

Your petition will be considered by the Public Petitions Committee at its meeting on Tuesday 2 March 2010.  The meeting will be held in Committee Room 1, Edinburgh, and is scheduled to start at 2.00 pm.

The Convener, in consultation with the Committee, has indicated that you will not be required to give oral evidence to the Committee in support of your petition. 

broadcast of the meeting on the internet (www.holyrood.tv/committee.asp) or follow the petitions progress from the information available on the Parliament’s website. The information below may also be helpful— 

• Seats for the Public Gallery can be booked through the Scottish Parliament’s Visitor Centre (telephone 0131 348 5200), (textphone (0845 270 0152), (e-mail sp.info@scottish.parliament.uk). Tickets can be booked up to 7 days in advance of the meeting.
• The agenda and papers for the meeting will be available on the Parliament’s website from the Thursday prior to the meeting. (www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/committees/petitions/meetings.htm)
• A substantially verbatim transcript of proceedings will be produced following the meeting (usually one week) and published on the Parliament’s website (www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/committees/petitions/meetings.htm). 
• MSPs who are not members of the Committee may attend the meeting to seek to say a few words about the petition. It is however at the discretion of the Committee Convener whether to allow a non-Committee member to speak.

I will, of course, advise you in writing of the outcome of the Committee’s consideration of your petition following the meeting. 

In the meantime, to assist the administration of your petition I would be grateful if you would note and, where necessary respond to, the points in the attached Administrative Information. Please also complete and return the attached Equal Opportunities Form. 

I look forward to your response on these matters.

Yours sincerely, 

Fergus Cochrane 

FERGUS D. COCHRANE
Clerk to the Committee