 I'm John Perlund. I'm an MSP and Comedian of the Public Petitions Committee. Anyone can petition the Scottish Parliament for it's a powerful and direct way of making your voice heard. And unlike the system Westminster, each and every petition lodged is considered public by a committee at a formal meeting. For example, it's how the mesh implant scandal came to the attention of the public. The Public Petitions Committee is coming to Dumfries and one of the committee members, John Molson, has been on the ground asking people if there was one subject you wanted to discuss in the Scottish Parliament, what would it be? Well, this would be the petition against what they propose to do to the White Sands. Yes, exactly what it is. They're trying to basically change the White Sands forever. They're trying to build massive earthen buns which are going to hide the river away. If there was any issue you wanted to take to that committee, what would that issue be? Over the potholes on the roads, they're very bad. They do repair them but then it doesn't last and the roads are all breaking up on the Edinburgh road especially. So it's the proposed flood defence. How is that an issue for you? It's an issue for me because although the flood defence is going to prevent flooding on businesses on the White Sands, it's going to cause further flooding along the Nith. You've indicated that you'd like to put a petition about skills for those graduates and the skilled workforce getting them back into employment. What are there any particular issues you'd like to raise if you're putting that petition forward? I think having some guidance, a framework in place to allow people to access various facilities. I've been in this situation and it's taken me a great deal of time to find funding, support groups to get myself back into work. But I've had to look very, very hard for that and it has taken time. The public of Dumfries have got the opportunity to come and hear the Public Petitions Committee in action on the 23rd of February. If you want further information or details, go to the Scottish Parliament website and you will get full details of the events being held that day and in particular when the Public Petitions Committee will be meeting.