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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Closed petitions

375 petitions

Create an Independent Committee to judge whether Scottish Ministers have broken the Ministerial Code

Closed on 16 March 2023
Make swimming lessons a statutory requirement in the primary school curriculum

Closed on 25 January 2023
Allow Assisted Dying for people with long-term mental illness and consenting capacity

Closed on 10 January 2023
Limit estranged couples’ claim on an estate after 7 years of non-medical separation

Closed on 10 January 2023
Remove the "gender-based crime" domestic abuse narrative and make it gender neutral and equal

Closed on 10 January 2023
End Conversion Therapy

Closed on 15 December 2022
Phase in meat production ban by 2040

Closed on 12 December 2022
Tackle Scotland’s affordable housing crisis

Closed on 12 December 2022
Improving literacy standards in schools through research-informed reading instruction

Closed on 29 November 2022
End the installation of new telegraph poles for broadband provision

Closed on 28 November 2022
Pardon and memorialise those convicted under the Witchcraft Act 1563

Closed on 28 November 2022
Reinstate Caithness County Council and Caithness NHS Board

Closed on 21 November 2022
Provide clear direction and investment for autism support

Closed on 16 November 2022
Mandatory accountability for NatureScot's decision making procedures

Closed on 9 November 2022
Inquiry into the human rights impact of GIRFEC policy and data processing

Closed on 7 November 2022

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Closed petitions

Create an Independent Committee to judge whether Scottish Ministers have broken the Ministerial Code

Make swimming lessons a statutory requirement in the primary school curriculum

Allow Assisted Dying for people with long-term mental illness and consenting capacity

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

Remove the "gender-based crime" domestic abuse narrative and make it gender neutral and equal

End Conversion Therapy

Phase in meat production ban by 2040

Tackle Scotland’s affordable housing crisis

Improving literacy standards in schools through research-informed reading instruction

End the installation of new telegraph poles for broadband provision

Pardon and memorialise those convicted under the Witchcraft Act 1563

Reinstate Caithness County Council and Caithness NHS Board

Provide clear direction and investment for autism support

Mandatory accountability for NatureScot's decision making procedures

Inquiry into the human rights impact of GIRFEC policy and data processing