Written Submissions for PE1036  

4 September 2007 :   The Public Petitions Committee heard from John Moist and agreed to seek views on the petition from the Equal Opportunities Committee and the Scottish Executive. Link to Official Report 4 September 2007 

15 January 2008 :   The Committee agreed to seek a response from the Scottish Government on what scope there is, within its competence, to take forward initiatives in this area and what specific measures it will take forward to increase the option of home based working for disabled people. The Committee also agreed to write to the Equal Opportunities Committee requesting that it raises the issue of home based working for disabled persons with the relevant Scottish Government Minister as part of its follow-up work to its 2006 disability inquiry. The Committee further agreed to seek a response to the issues raised in the petition from COSLA. Link to Official Report 15 January 2008 

15 April 2008 :   The Committee agreed, in relation to PE1036, to write to the Scottish Government seeking an update on how and when it till take forward the action points that arose from its meeting with Supported Business and on the scope for an umbrella organisation for sheltered workshop employers. In relation to PE1069, the Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government asking, in the light of the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth’s oral evidence to the Equal Opportunities Committee, what practical actions it is taking to develop home working for disabled people. It also agreed to write to the Federation of Small Businesses, the Chamber of Commerce, Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise and the National Group on Homeworking seeking responses to the issues raised in the petitions, including how they disseminate information to members on home working. Link to Official Report 15 April 2008 

7 October 2008 :   The Committee agreed, in respect of PE1036, to suspend further consideration of the petition until early 2009 by which time the research commissioned by the Scottish Government into the issue of restricting participation in competitive tendering exercises to supported business will be published and to write to the Scottish Government seeking a response to the specific points raised during the meeting. Link to Official Report 7 October 2008