Maclays petitions scottish parliament over shops act leading firm proposes amendment to scottish law, sparks debate about lobby groups. The committee will consider the following continued petitions pe1674 on managing the cat. Petition to block new scottish independence referendum passes. No desire to legalize incest in scotland parliamentary. Should be a very interesting discussion, learning more about the german system of petitioning which features a dual ombudsman function and explaining more about the scottish system. Nov 22, 2019 this briefing considers the recommendation by the first minsters advisory group on human rights leadership that a new human rights framework for scotland should include. Calling on the scottish parliament to urge the scottish government to rais. Petition by william burns on behalf of crusade for the protection of true democracy calling on the scottish parliament to urge the scottish government to repeal the solicitors scotland act 1980, end selfregulation, and remove the independence of the legal profession, bringing it onside with true democracy.
The scottish parliament was the first jurisdiction to introduce e petitions. To find petitions closed prior to september 2011, please use our archive. Public petitions committee meetings are held on thursday mornings, usually on a fortnightly basis, and the formal agenda is. Electronic petitions and the scottish parliament request pdf. In 2004, 160,000 signatures were gathered by the cod crusaders who called upon the scottish parliament to oppose eu fisheries policy. In total, the scottish parliaments public petitions committee took 219 actions on the 53 petitions it considered a mean of 4. If your petition is seeking emergency action or an urgent policy change to deal with covid19, we would advise you to contact your msp or the scottish. The process for submitting epetitions to the scottish parliament is much more structured than that used by the number ten website, although it is less elaborate than that of the westminster parliament, whichfor all its robust rulesdoes little with submitted petitions. Scottish conservative msp annie wells said the 100,000strong petition is a testimony to scottish peoples strong opposition to another referendum. The committee will consider a note by the clerk in connection with its inquiry into mental health support for young people in. Petition by julie logan calling on the scottish parliament to urge the scottish executive to ensure the planning scotland bill, currently being considered by the scottish parliament, provides greater protection for listed buildings and conservation areas and greater community involvement, including consideration of alternative community. On this page you can search and view all open, lodged and closed petitions. Petition calling for the scottish parliament to a consider framing national guidelines for school closures that are at least as fair and comprehensive as those adopted in england, and b ask councils to consider deferring decisions on any school closures until these new guidelines have been established.
Create a new petition, or search and sign other peoples petitions to the uk. In total, the scottish parliament s public petitions committee took 219 actions on the 53 petitions it considered a mean of 4. Lodged petitions are those under consideration by the public petitions committee. Gillian martin msp introduced the seat belts on school transport scotland bill on 28 february 2017. Scots pairlament is the unicameral legislature of scotland. Tom mason will be invited to declare any relevant interests. The creation of the national assembly for wales and the scottish parliament not only saw a shift in responsibility and democratic accountability for many areas of policy, including significant areas of social policy, but also provided the opportunity for the parliament and the assembly to adopt transformative reforms designed to expand the opportunities for citizens to connect with their. The scottish parliament actively promotes petitions as a way in which the public can. It calls for the scottish parliament to hold a public inquiry into staffing and waiting times in accident and emergency departments in scotland. Maclays petitions scottish parliament over shops act law. Lets make this the biggest petition the scottish parliament have ever received. Motions, questions and answers parliamentary questions can be asked by any msp to the scottish government or the scottish parliamentary corporate body. Unite the clubs petition to the scottish parliament.
Visitors to the online petition sign the petition by adding their details such as name and email address. Located in the holyrood area of the capital city, edinburgh, it is frequently referred to by the metonym holyrood. Ppc pleased to be hosting a visiting to the scottish parliament today of the petitions committee of the german bundestag. In particular, the paper concentrates on one aspect of use of the web, i. The government responds to all e petitions that reach 10,000 signatures. Scottish parliament, bundestag, german federal parliament, parliament of queensland, norwegian municipalities. Petition to the scottish parliament re a second independence. To find petitions closed prior to september 2011, please use our archive each petition is assigned a petition number, which consists of pe followed by five digits e. New petitions are those that are being formally considered by the committee for the first time at a committee meeting. We have discussed mr harveys petitions in the past, and know how to handle them. From may 2000 to may 2019, 1,495 petitions were presented to the scottish parliament.
Petition to the scottish parliament help change scottish. Basically, its a petition which we would host on our website which allows people from all over the world to go in, view it online, add their esignature and enter into a discussion forum where they can, if they wish, put forward an. The committee will consider the following continued petitions. The scottish parliament corporate body has announced plans to take down the european flag on the 31st january 2020, following the uks withdrawal from the eu. Please note, the public petitions process is a thorough and often lengthy process. Making your voice heard a great feature if we say so ourselves.
The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each member of parliament. The committee there fulfills more of an ombudsman function and considers petitions on individual cases whereas scottish petitions must have a national dimension to them. It allows citizens to raise and sign a petition, read background information on the issue, and add comments to an online forum associated with each petition the system evolved from a research project conducted jointly by the scottish parliament. A petition to the public petitions committee of the scottish parliament. Dec, 2010 the committee the petitionsausschuss describes the petitions process as the parliament s seismograph which is a very neat way of describing petitioning. Each petition is assigned a petition number, which consists of pe followed by five digits e. Please ban the culling of scottish mountain hares or, at the very least, impose a temporary ban on all culling on grouse moors until measures are put in place to ensure their numbers can remain at acceptable, sustainable levels. You can search for petitions using the petition number or key words relevant to the petition e. This page tells you about how to petition the scottish parliament. As with queenslands e petition system, users can find out the status of a petition, join a petition. Pe118 petition by dr ronald crawford calling for the scottish parliament to reverse the decision to increase north of scotland water authority charges to domestic customers by 35% in 20002001 and 12% in 200012002 and to restrict increase to 10% in each of the next four financial years.
The scottish parliament, like many parliaments, is based on a system called democracy. Typically, after there are enough signatories, the resulting letter may be delivered to the subject of the petition, usually via email. Agree to a second referendum on scottish independence petitions. Senedh kernow is a proposed devolved lawmaking assembly for cornwall along the lines of the scottish parliament, the national assembly for wales and the northern ireland assembly in the united kingdom the campaign for cornish devolution began in 2000 with the founding of the cornish constitutional convention, a crossparty, crosssector. The scottish government, although giving a fuller response, defers to the hpas position, thereby taking the issues raised in pe812 no further forward. The petitions committee met on the 21 st december 2005 to consider the petition along with six others.
The committee may decide that, after previous consideration, it wishes to hear evidence from the scottish government or other organisations. Thats a long word but it just means that everyone who lives in a particular country can get involved in the way that country is run. The scottish parliament continued to accept petitions from the system and then asked itc to reengineer epetitioner to more fully integrate it with the parliament s website, specifically with the public petition committees pages and database of received petitions. Petition by paul macdonald, on behalf of the save our swords campaign, calling for the scottish parliament to oppose the introduction of any ban on the sale or possession of swords in scotland which are used for legitimate historical, cultural, artistic. The committee will consider the following new petitions pe1677 by dr sarah glynn on behalf of scottish unemployed workers network on make more money available to mitigate welfare cuts. It should respond to all petitions that have reached this threshold within 21days. Edinburgh napier llber petitions scottish parliament to end extreme discrimination against english students. Pdf electronic petitions and institutional modernization. Download the full report proposals for a petitions committee for the house of commons pdf, 1 kb. The scottish parliament is the unicameral legislature of scotland.
Due to a legal loophole derived from scottish devolution, which means all petitions relating to a change in the law must be considered, ministers of scottish parliament msps were forced to assess the request. Calling on the scottish parliament to urge the scottish government to init. Calling on the scottish parliament to urge the scottish government not to seek a second independence referendum until after 2020. Before you start your petition you should read our guidance which lets you know what you can petition about, what you need to include in your petition and offers some handy hints about using the petitions. Gary paterson started this petition to scottish parliament corporate body and 1 other. Here are some examples of recent petition outcomes. Maclays petitions scottish parliament over shops act legalweek. It is therefore incumbent on the scottish parliament to draft legislation to withdraw from the treaty of union due to the majority accorded to proindependence parties at both holyrood and westminster. Petition ban mountain hare culling on grouse moors.
The scottish parliament was the first statutory body to formally accept online petitions and already about onethird of all petitions are lodged electronically. Scottish conservative msp annie wells said the 100,000strong petition is a testimony to scottish peoples strong opposition to. The hpa has failed to address or answer the specific questions posed by the public petitions committee. Thyroid uk invited to roundtable discussion at scottish parliament lyn mynott has now received thyroid uks invitation to the roundtable discussion at scottish parliament, where the scottish parliament public petition pe1463 on effective thyroid and adrenal testing, diagnosis and treatment will be discussed.
The petition will be submitted to the scottish parliament at around 2. The petition calls for the scottish parliament to urge the scottish government to introduce a requirement for all new build or newly renovated or repurposed buildings with a floorspace of over 7500m 2 to have a public access defibrillator pad fitted to the exterior of the building, for public use, and for the pads to be officially registered. The debating chamber is used for full meetings of the members of the scottish parliament, including first ministers questions. The first government to implement epetitioning was the scottish parliament, a democratic institution created as the outcome of a referendum in 1997 to. Petition by norman tahir, on behalf of the office of muslim affairs, calling for the scottish parliament to acknowledge the genocide currently being inflicted on the palestinian population in the occupied territories of gaza and the west bank and to ensure that scottish people are free to speak out in condemnation of such acts. Anyone is welcome to sign a petition whilst it is open. The scottish parliament was the first jurisdiction to introduce epetitions. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. Emma connolly started this petition to scottish parliament and 2 others voluntary restraint is being ignored. Each petition is assigned a petition number, which consists of pe followed by five. Tuesday 23 october 2007 the convener opened the meeting at 14. It also calls for an inquiry into the number and type of beds that are available in nhs hospitals in scotland.
In the scottish parliament, a paper petitions system was set up in 1999 and an e petitions system was introduced in 2004. Human rights and the environment scottish parliament. Epetitioning in the scottish parliament request pdf. Public petitions committee scottish parliament, edinburgh eh99 1sp submitted by email to. Assessment of the scottish parliaments public petitions.
It stated that lesley scott of tymes trust, and alison preuss of the scottish home education forum had submitted a petition to the scottish parliament highlighting concerns about the children and young people scotland act 2014, under which the named person regime would be established as an expression of the girfec policy. Petition to block new scottish independence referendum. Gail ross will be invited to declare any relevant interests. Calling on the scottish parliament to urge the scottish government to incr. Official online petitions in response to issues of the day, listing the number that got a government response, and those that have been debated in the house of parliament. If your petition is seeking emergency action or an urgent policy change to deal with covid19, we would advise you to contact your msp or the scottish government in the first instance. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator. Scottish parliament petition resuscitation council uk. The scottish parliament has a number of committees, with small numbers of members appointed to scrutinise the work of the scottish government much of the work of the scottish parliament is done in committee. Epetitioner is an online petition system developed in scotland, characterised by its integration into the processes of representative democracy. Procedure for consideration of public petitions highland council.
Petitions in the uk house of commons library uk parliament. By petitioning the parliament you can raise awareness of a particular campaign and put issues on the agenda which may not have been considered. Jul 11, 2019 in the scottish parliament, a paper petitions system was set up in 1999 and an epetitions system was introduced in 2004. The committee will consider the following new petitions pe1786 on prosecutions under the mental health act 2003. Pe463 petition by councillor donald manford calling for the scottish parliament a to ask scottish natural heritage why it allegedly published erroneous information about local public opinion on the sound of barra consultation that it carried out for the scottish executive and b to verify that snhs general procedures for consultations of. Electronic petitions and institutional modernization ejournal of. Making time for reflection representative of all beliefs the humanist society scotland would like to thank the scottish parliament public petitions. Before you start your petition you should read our guidance which lets you know what you can petition about, what you need to include in your petition and offers some handy hints about using the petitions system. View all petitions petitions uk government and parliament. Edinburgh napier llber petitions scottish parliament to. Different dimensions of voice and influence in the. Share this petition far and wide and help reach the next signature milestone of 189763 supporters. Located in the holyrood area of the capital city, edinburgh, it is frequently referred to by the metonym holyrood the parliament is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as members of the scottish parliament msps, elected for. Published by the scottish parliament corporate body.
Scottish parliament public petitions committee official report. Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the scottish parliament public petitions committees sixth meeting in session 3. Proposals for a petitions committee for the house of commons. All petitions are overseen by the public petitions committee, which consist of seven members of the scottish parliament. The role of committees is stronger in the scottish parliament than in other parliamentary systems, partly as a means of strengthening the role of backbenchers in their. Continued petitions are those that the committee has previously considered. Martin keatings needs your help with scottish parliament. By denying a referendum requested by the democratically elected scottish parliament, the uk government has gone against this consent. Scotland, and its parliament, voted emphatically to reject brexit, the removal of the european flag. I made a short opening presentation in which i drew attention to the worldwide interest in the petition. This data is available for all petitions on the site. The scottish parliament public petitions committee official.
The unite the clubs campaign has attracted support from a broad church and we are hopeful. In the scottish parliament, a paper petitions system was set up in 1999 and an epetitions system was introduced in. The scottish parliament was the first legislature in the world to accept e petitions. Mar 16, 2010 lastly it considers the operation of petitions committees in the scottish parliament and the house of representatives in australia. International parliamentary epetition systems in comparative perspective.
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