Current Public Petitions
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PE1417
Petition by Mr Andrew Ellis Morrison calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to amend the Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010 to allow a right to appeal to Scottish Ministers where local authorities do not abide by the majority decision of ‘relevant consultees’, as specified in Schedule 2 of the Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010, where a local authority is consulting on issues stipulated in Paragraphs 4 & 5 of Schedule 1 of the same Act.
PE1416
Petition by Councillor Eileen Baxendale, Councillor David Baillie, Robert Brown and Dr Keith Baxendale calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to undertake an independent review of current scientific evidence in respect of possible health risks particularly to young children from the siting of telecommunications masts near residential property, schools and children's nurseries, and to examine the extent to which the recommendations of the Stewart Report and the planning guidance contained in PAN 62 and NPPG 19 have been complied with, all with a view to revising and updating the relevant Scottish Planning Guidance, or taking other action to ensure public safety. We also wish the Scottish Government to consider halting the current industry plans to provide telecommunications masts at least once a mile in residential areas while the risks to the health of young children are fully reassessed.
PE1415
Petition by John Steele calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to update the Burial Grounds (Scotland) Act 1855.
PE1413
Petition by Amy King calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to make no changes to the current definition of marriage, as being a union between one man and one woman, regardless of what happens in Westminster.
PE1412
Petition by Bill McDowell calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to amend the law of succession to end the requirement for a Bond of Caution by an executor-dative when seeking confirmation of any intestate estate.
PE1411
Petition by Luca Scarabello calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to reform School Uniform Policies; by stopping gender-specific uniforms and changing clothes worn for uniforms to more comfortable, less physical-restrictive, more affordable and practical garments.
PE1410
Petition by John Hancox calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to support and encourage local authorities, schools and community groups to plant fruit trees in schools and community settings so children, families and the wider community can learn how to grow harvest, and enjoy their own local seasonal fruit by providing funding to enable this to happen. We also ask the Scottish Government to support the development of the Commonwealth Orchard – as a Scotland wide legacy of the 2014 Commonwealth Games. While some of this could be in Glasgow’s East end, our vision with the Commonwealth Orchard is for that to be widely geographically spread, and developed in partnership with a range of local community groups.
PE1409
Petition by Linda Whitmore, on behalf of ENABLE Scotland, calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to ensure that all teachers and support staff are fully trained to provide the right additional support for children and young people with learning disabilities and/or autistic spectrum disorders in Scottish schools.
PE1408
Petition by Mrs Andrea MacArthur calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to review and overhaul the current out-dated and ineffective method of diagnosing and treating Pernicious Anaemia/VitaminB12 Deficiency.
PE1405
Petition by Andrew Muir calling on the Scottish Parliament to request the Government to carry out urgently an independent “fit for purpose” review of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman which encompasses opening a public inquiry to collect evidence to scrutinize the high rate of case closures since Mr Jim Martin took office in May 2009.
PE1404
Petition by Stephen Fyfe, on behalf of Diabetes UK Scotland, calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to conduct an immediate review into the provision of insulin pump therapy (CSII) in Scotland in order to address the low and inequitable access across the country.
PE1403
Petition by Peter Morris calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to consider the need for new legislation and provision to protect, support and assist victims of crime.
PE1402
Petition by Richard Jones, on behalf of Addressing the Balance, calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to develop and instigate a strategy and policy for diagnosis and treatment for adult ADHD. For the estimated 60,000 adults with undiagnosed and untreated ADHD in Scotland, the adverse impact on their lives as a result of the condition and the huge and unnecessary costs to society is untenable.
PE1401
Petition by Lesley Loeliger, on behalf of PNH Scotland, and Professor Peter Hillmen, on behalf of the PNH Alliance, calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to review the mechanism and methodology used by the Scottish Medicines Consortium to appraise medicines for rare diseases and to instruct the Chief Medical Officer to revise the criteria by which health boards assess Individual Patient Treatment Requests in order to improve access to therapy for patients with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria.
PE1400
Petition by Libby Anderson, on behalf of OneKind, calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to introduce a ban on the use of wild animals in circuses immediately.
PE1399
Petition by Allan Muir calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to instruct the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) to revise the criteria to access IPTRs for Orphan diseases as these criteria are detrimental to patients suffering from Pompe disease.
PE1398
Petition by Alastair Kent, on behalf of Rare Disease UK, calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to review the mechanism and methodology used by the Scottish Medicines Consortium to appraise the value of medicines for orphan diseases and to instruct the Chief Medical Officer to revise the criteria for accessing Individual Patient Treatment Requests by removing the term ‘exceptional’ from all health boards IPTR requests in relation to orphan diseases.
PE1396
Petition by Ian Robb, on behalf of Help for Abandoned Animals (Arbroath), calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to investigate and prevent the overbreeding of Staffordshire bull terrier dogs
PE1395
Petition by Jan Culik on targeted funding for lesser taught languages and cultures at universities.
PE1394
Petition by Huw Francis on behalf of Stòras Uibhist calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to reintroduce a direct ferry service between Lochboisdale and Mallaig.
PE1393
Petition by Martin Crewe, Director, on behalf of Barnardo’s Scotland, calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to (1) commission new research on the nature and scope of child sexual exploitation in Scotland; (2) report back on all action points set out in the 2003 Scottish Government guidance on Vulnerable Children and Young People Sexual Exploitation Through Prostitution; (3) review and develop dedicated Scottish Government guidelines on child sexual exploitation, updating the 2003 Scottish guidance and incorporating the relevant parts of the 2010 National Child Protection Guidelines.
PE1391
Petition by Susan Calcluth-Russell on behalf of Renfrewshire Parent Council Forum calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to make it a legal requirement that qualified teachers teach children for 25 hours in a normal school week, subject to existing local flexibility of school hours in primary 1 and 2.
PE1386
Petition by Richard Munday on behalf of the Torridon Nephrops Management Group calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to review and pilot the establishment of further spatially separated static gear only inshore fisheries to improve fisheries management
PE1384
Petition by Kim Hartley on behalf of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to demonstrate how its policies and guidelines ensure local authorities and NHS boards protect provision of quality speech and language therapy services for all people with speech/language communication support needs and/or swallowing difficulties.
PE1383
Petition by Helen McDade on behalf of the John Muir Trust calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to improve the protection for the best areas of wild land by introducing a new national environmental designation.
PE1376
Petition by James McDonald calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to take necessary action to bring about a ban on the use of free methanol released by aspartame and to run an awareness campaign amongst health professionals to alert them of free methanol present in our diet.
PE1372
Petition by Duncan McLaren on behalf of Friends of the Earth Scotland calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to clearly demonstrate how access to the Scottish courts is compliant with the Aarhus convention on ‘Access to Justice in Environmental Matters’ especially in relation to costs, title and interest; publish the documents and evidence of such compliance; and state what action it will take in light of the recent ruling of the Aarhus Compliance Committee against the UK Government.
PE1370
Petition by Dr Jim Swire, Professor Robert Black QC, Mr Robert Forrester, Father Patrick Keegans and Mr Iain McKie on behalf of ‘Justice for Megrahi’ calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to open an independent inquiry into the 2001 Kamp van Zeist conviction of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi for the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 in December 1988.
PE1367
Petition by Andrew Deans on behalf of the Scottish Youth Parliament calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to ban use of the ‘Mosquito’ and other such devices which emit a loud, unpleasant, high-pitched noise designed to be heard only by those under 25.
PE1364
Petition by Phyllis McBain calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to review all guidelines relating to trespass and encampments for Gypsies and Travellers to ensure their intent is clear and that they are being applied.
PE1351
Petition by Chris Daly and Helen Holland calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to establish for all victims of institutional child abuse, a Time for All to be Heard forum incorporating a compensation scheme.
PE1340
Petition by John Scott on behalf of Neilston and District Community Council calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to extend and simplify the system of Tree Preservation Orders to give all trees a protection similar to that enjoyed by trees in conservation areas.
PE1336
Petition by Lawson Devery on behalf of the Salmon and Trout Association calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to take immediate action to protect wild salmon and sea trout stocks from inappropriate commercial fish farm activities by taking action to ensure that (a) all sea-based fish farms are moved away from the estuaries of major wild salmon rivers to reduce the impact of sea lice and (b) ban salmon smolt farms from operating within any wild salmon river system.
PE1319
Petition by William Smith and Scott Robertson calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to investigate the (1) legal status and appropriateness of professional SFA clubs entering into contracts with children under 16 years; (2) audit process and accountability of all public funds distributed by the Scottish Football Association to its member clubs; (3) social, educational and psychological affects and legality of SFA member clubs prohibiting such children from participating in extra-curricular activity; and (4) appropriateness of ‘compensation’ payments between SFA member clubs for the transfer of young players under the age of 16 years; and to (5) increase the educational target from 2 hours curricular physical activity to four hours per week; and (6) develop a long-term plan to provide quality artificial surfaces for training and playing football at all ages across all regions.
PE1285
Petition by Caroline Mockford calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to make arrangements for all calls from mobile phones to NHS 24 to be free of charge to users.
PE1280
Petition by Dr Kenneth Faulds and Julie Love calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to give the same level of protection to the families of people from Scotland who die abroad as is currently in place for people from England by amending the Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths Inquiry (Scotland) Act 1976 to require the holding of a fatal accident inquiry when a person from Scotland dies abroad.
PE1236
Petition by Jill Campbell calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to improve safety measures on the A90 by constructing a grade separated junction where the A937 crosses the A90 at Laurencekirk.
PE1223
Petition by Ron Beaty calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to take all appropriate action, whether through amending guidance, contracts, agreements or legislation, to require local authorities to install proper safety signage and lights on school buses, to be used only when school children are on the bus when necessary, and make overtaking a stationary school bus a criminal offence.
PE1192
Petition by Donald Ewen Darroch calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to state how it is supporting and promoting independent vehicular ferry routes between the islands and the mainland and how the planning system is playing a constructive role in supporting the economic and social future of such routes.
PE1179
Petition by Helen Moran, on behalf of the Brain Injury Awareness Campaign, calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to introduce a separate and distinct health and community care client category of ‘acquired brain injury’ to ensure that people with acquired brain injury and their carers get the services and support they need and agencies can plan and deliver services more effectively.
PE1169
Petition by Margaret Forbes, on behalf of Scottish Women Against Pornography, calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to introduce and enforce measures that ensure that magazines and newspapers containing sexually graphic covers are not displayed at children’s eye-level or below or adjacent to children’s titles and comics and should be screen sleeved before being placed on the shelf.
PE1124
Petition by Louise Robertson, on behalf of the League Against Cruel Sports, Advocates for Animals, the International Otter Survival Fund and Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue, calling for the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to amend the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 to introduce provisions to ban the manufacture, sale, possession and use of all snares.
PE1115
Petition by Caroline Moore on behalf of the Campaign to Open Blackford Railway-station Again, calling for the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to ensure that national and regional transport strategies consider and focus on public transport solutions such as the reopening of Blackford railway station which is identified as a priority action in the latest Tayside and Central Regional Transport Strategy, and in doing so, recognises and supports the positive environmental, economic and social impacts of such local solutions.
PE1105
Petition by Marjorie McCance, on behalf of the St Margaret of Scotland Hospice, calling for the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to guarantee retention of continuing care provision for patients who require ongoing complex medical and nursing care, such as that provided at the 30 bed unit at St Margaret’s Hospice, and to investigate whether arrangements for funding palliative care provision at hospices in the context of HDL (2003) 18 are fair and reasonable.
PE1098
Petition by Lynn Merrifield, on behalf of Kingseat Community Council, calling for the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to make provision for every school bus to be installed with three point seatbelts for every school child passenger and to ensure that, as part of a local authority’s consideration of ‘Best Value’ in relation to the provision of school buses, proper regard is given to the safety needs of the children.