Petitions – The Scottish Parliament

The Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee has finished its work ahead of the next Scottish Parliament election. Petitions submitted now will not be processed until after the election. Contact the Committee team at petitions.committee@parliament.scot for more information about the petitions process.

If you are seeking emergency action or an urgent policy change please contact one of your 8 MSPs or the Scottish Government directly

The Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee looks at all published petitions.

Petitions under consideration

  1. Stop the Guga Hunt

    Under consideration from 3 November 2025

  2. Extend the time period for complaints through the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman for neurodivergent people to two years

    Under consideration from 8 May 2025

  3. Make non-fatal strangulation a standalone criminal offence in Scotland

    Under consideration from 6 January 2025

  4. Stop the proposed centralisation of specialist neonatal units in NHS Scotland

    Under consideration from 14 May 2024

See all petitions under consideration (9)

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