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. Introduce legislation to protect Scotland's war memorials

    Closed on 31 March 2022

  2. Introduce a law that makes attacks by one dog on another dog a crime

    Closed on 1 July 2022

  3. Make swimming lessons a statutory requirement in the primary school curriculum

    Closed on 25 January 2023

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

    Closed on 23 March 2023

  5. Financial support for self-employed people in the travel industry

    Closed on 31 March 2022

  6. Full legal protection for hedgehogs and moles

    Closed on 31 January 2022

  7. Create an Unborn Victims of Violence Act

    Closed on 25 February 2026

  8. Establish a specialist paediatric liver centre in Scotland

    Closed on 17 November 2021

  9. Make offering Community Shared Ownership mandatory for all windfarm development planning proposals

    Closed on 11 February 2026

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

    Closed on 22 March 2023

  11. Open all toddler and baby activities within Tier 3 of COVID-19 /future pandemic lockdowns

    Closed on 31 January 2022

  12. Remand anyone charged with a sexual offence against a child

    Closed on 23 March 2023

  13. Longer sentences for paedophiles and sexual predators

    Closed on 31 January 2022

  14. Introduce awareness and practical experience of litter picking and waste separation into the school curriculum

    Closed on 19 October 2021

  15. Provide an accessible and professionally developed learning and teaching resource on Israel and Palestine

    Closed on 14 October 2021

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