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

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384 petitions

  1. Amend the law to fully decriminalise abortion in Scotland

    Closed on 13 November 2023

  2. Restrict perpetrators of domestic abuse from using family court proceedings to continue tormenting their victims

    Closed on 31 October 2023

  3. Protect Loch Lomond’s Atlantic oakwood shoreline by implementing the High Road option for the A82 upgrade between Tarbet and Inverarnan.

    Closed on 23 April 2025

  4. Formally recognise and incorporate local knowledge in Scottish Government policy

    Closed on 26 June 2024

  5. Limit estranged couples’ claim on an estate after 7 years of non-medical separation

    Closed on 10 January 2023

  6. Create an independent review of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman

    Closed on 13 March 2025

  7. Phase in meat production ban by 2040

    Closed on 12 December 2022

  8. Stop motorhomes parking overnight out with formal campsites, caravan parks and Aires.

    Closed on 26 November 2025

  9. Make it a specific offence to assault, threaten or abuse a private hire or taxi driver while at work

    Closed on 20 March 2024

  10. Formally recognise private hire cars and taxis as modes of public transport

    Closed on 20 March 2024

  11. Tackle Scotland’s affordable housing crisis

    Closed on 12 December 2022

  12. Extend aftercare for previously looked after young people, and remove the continuing care age cap.

    Closed on 25 September 2024

  13. Home Reports – make surveyors more accountable

    Closed on 21 February 2024

  14. Increase the provision of wheelchair accessible homes.

    Closed on 17 April 2024

  15. Make the provision of public toilets a statutory duty

    Closed on 22 March 2023

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