Petitions – The Scottish Parliament

The public petitions system has now closed ahead of the Scottish Parliament elections on 7 May 2026. It is not possible to submit a new petition to the Scottish Parliament or sign a petition until after the election.

The petitions system will reopen at the start of the new parliamentary session.

For more information about the petitions process, please contact the committee team at petitions.committee@parliament.scot

For more information about the election campaign period and the dissolution of the current parliament, please visit the Scottish Parliament’s Election 2026 webpage: https://www.parliament.scot/msps/elections/election-2026

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)