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. Allow alkaline hydrolysis

    Closed on 29 October 2025

  2. Grant Scottish rivers, including the River Clyde, the legal right to personhood

    Closed on 29 October 2025

  3. Fully implement the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

    Closed on 29 October 2025

  4. Allow late proposals to alter the Council Tax Valuation Band in exceptional circumstances

    Closed on 29 October 2025

  5. Stop the pavement parking ban for Scottish roads built before 2019

    Closed on 8 October 2025

  6. Stop the use of prisons for punishment and focus them on public protection

    Closed on 8 October 2025

  7. Facilitate a review and upgrade of the teaching resource ‘Palestine and Israel, understanding the conflict’

    Closed on 8 October 2025

  8. Guarantee Legal Aid for "Death or Serious Injury" victims in legal action against Police Scotland

    Closed on 8 October 2025

  9. Introduce legislation allowing Scottish Ministers to intervene on the hire of public land

    Closed on 8 October 2025

  10. Fair regulation for non-medical aesthetic injectors

    Closed on 8 October 2025

  11. Standardise criteria and consultations for assessing demand for denominational schools

    Closed on 8 October 2025

  12. Suspend all surgical mesh and fixation devices

    Closed on 8 October 2025

  13. Ban all non-essential single-use plastics

    Closed on 24 September 2025

  14. Run a targeted roadside litter awareness campaign

    Closed on 24 September 2025

  15. Accelerate the implementation of bus franchising powers

    Closed on 24 September 2025

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