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| Pupils calling for an inquiry into the public health impact of cheap alcohol are to provide evidence to MSPs. | |
| The Public Petitions Committee is to leave its Holyrood base and host a meeting at All Saints Secondary School in the Barmulloch area of Glasgow. | |
| The school said the move proved to students that those in power did take notice of young people's opinions. | |
| Earlier this month, three pupils from the school presented the 1,000th public petition to Holyrood. | |
| The committee will hear the pupils' evidence, which was gained by conducting research in the shops around their school where they found alcohol on sale for less than the price of a bottle of water. | The committee will hear the pupils' evidence, which was gained by conducting research in the shops around their school where they found alcohol on sale for less than the price of a bottle of water. |
| Their petition will be the first of eight being considered by the committee on Monday, all which have been submitted by petitioners from the Glasgow area. | Their petition will be the first of eight being considered by the committee on Monday, all which have been submitted by petitioners from the Glasgow area. |
| Sarah Richford, a teacher at All Saints School, said the three students were looking forward to putting their case to the committee. | Sarah Richford, a teacher at All Saints School, said the three students were looking forward to putting their case to the committee. |
| "They are delighted to be given this opportunity to speak to the committee directly," she said. | "They are delighted to be given this opportunity to speak to the committee directly," she said. |
| "By coming to Glasgow and visiting All Saints, the committee is providing a great example to the whole school of democracy at work." | "By coming to Glasgow and visiting All Saints, the committee is providing a great example to the whole school of democracy at work." |