The Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee will conclude its work in March 2026 ahead of the next Scottish Parliament election. While it will continue to meet, the Committee has agreed it will not consider petitions submitted after 10 October. This is to ensure all petitions currently in the system can be considered before the next Scottish Parliament election. It is also unlikely that the Committee would be able to schedule and meaningfully progress petitions submitted after 10 October before the election. Contact the Committee team at petitions.committee@parliament.scot for more information about the petitions process.

If you are seeking emergency action or an urgent policy change please contact one of your 8 MSPs or the Scottish Government directly

Other lists of petitions

Closed petitions

267 petitions

  1. Increase local government funding to help protect the vulnerable elderly population and prevent the closure of care homes

    Closed on 12 November 2025

  2. Expand ScotRail’s Inter7City routes to include Dunfermline

    Closed on 12 November 2025

  3. Review the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act and introduce a minimum sentence for severe offences

    Closed on 12 November 2025

  4. Pass a law making exercising a dog in a cemetery an offence

    Closed on 12 November 2025

  5. Remove teachers’ ability to backdate and alter school records

    Closed on 12 November 2025

  6. Review Education Support staff roles

    Closed on 29 October 2025

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

    Closed on 29 October 2025

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

    Closed on 29 October 2025

  9. Immediate ban on the sale and use of Disposable (Instant) Barbeques in Scotland

    Closed on 29 October 2025

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

    Closed on 29 October 2025

  11. Introduce penalties for failing to comply with Mental Welfare Commission recommendations related to duty of candour

    Closed on 29 October 2025

  12. Allow alkaline hydrolysis

    Closed on 29 October 2025

  13. Support and fund mobility services

    Closed on 29 October 2025

  14. Ensure accurate information is used when issuing court summons

    Closed on 29 October 2025

  15. Review and simplify the legislation in relation to dismissal of property factors

    Closed on 29 October 2025

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