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

Other lists of petitions

Closed petitions

375 petitions

  1. Introduce legislation to create artillery and firearms exclusion zones around places of spiritual importance and religious worship

    Closed on 23 March 2023

  2. Support for working single parents

    Closed on 23 March 2023

  3. Reinstate inshore coastal limit on the use of dredge and trawl fishing gears

    Closed on 23 March 2023

  4. Find solutions to recruitment and training challenges for rural healthcare in Scotland

    Closed on 23 March 2023

  5. Improve the reliability of island ferry services

    Closed on 23 March 2023

  6. Introduce legislation to improve bus travel for wheelchair users

    Closed on 23 March 2023

  7. Make it law for all railway stations to have step free access

    Closed on 23 March 2023

  8. Agency to advocate for the healthcare needs of rural Scotland

    Closed on 23 March 2023

  9. Translocate protected beavers to reduce licensed killing

    Closed on 23 March 2023

  10. Ban smoking in Scotland and develop a strategy for vaping

    Closed on 23 March 2023

  11. Encourage peer support programmes in public sector organisations.

    Closed on 22 March 2023

  12. Help prevent the destruction of greenfield sites by providing financial incentives towards the remediation and reuse of brownfield sites.

    Closed on 22 March 2023

  13. Make the provision of public toilets a statutory duty

    Closed on 22 March 2023

  14. Make whole plant cannabis oil available on the NHS or alternative funding put in place

    Closed on 22 March 2023

  15. Amend the date of birth to allow wider accessibility to the HPV vaccination programme for boys

    Closed on 16 March 2023

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