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Petition 1161 (pdf size 34 KB posted 30.05.2008)
Petition by William Smith  
 
Closed Petitions - Petition PE1161  
Petition by William Smith calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to make mandatory the provision of an audio recording of civil court proceedings to those parties with additional support needs such as dyslexia.  
Petitioner: William Smith  
Number of signatures: 94  
Date lodged: 30 May 2008  
SPICe Briefing: Briefing for PE1161 
Summary:

10 June 2008 :   The Committee agreed to close consideration of the petition on the grounds that the case for mandatory audio recording of civil court cases has not been demonstrated and that equality organisations do not consider it to be an issue. Link to Official Report 10 June 2008 

 
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