PE1338 Petition on Concessionary Travel on Night Bus Services (91KB pdf)

Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to amend relevant legislation to provide that night services are eligible services for holders of entitlement cards for free bus travel for older and disabled persons.

PE1335 Petition on Support for the National Cerebral Palsy/Acquired Brain Injury Football Team (110KB pdf)

Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to take action, including making representations to the Scottish Football Association, to bring Scotland more into line with England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to adopt the Scottish national team for footballers with Cerebral Palsy/Acquired Brain Injury.

PE1334 Petition on Public Consultation on Closure or Relocation of Centres Providing Disability Services (101KB pdf)

Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to set out what its expectations are in relation to how, when, with whom and on what local authorities consult when considering the closure or relocation of centres which provide services for people with disabilities and what evidence is there that this, in reality, is what local authorities are doing.

PE1333 Petition on Disadvantaged Scottish Gypsy Travellers and Members of the Settled Community (83KB pdf)

Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to investigate the inequalities and discrimination faced by Scottish Gypsy Travellers and other members of the settled community residing in mobile homes in terms of assessing council tax liability and water and water and sewerage charges

PE1332 Petition on Investigation of Suspicious Deaths (94KB pdf)

Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to ensure that the new specialist deaths unit being created by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service is able to investigate retrospective and current cases of suspicious deaths, including after a Fatal Accident Inquiry has taken place, where the bereaved can reasonably demonstrate that the circumstances of the death were suspicious and that there is a robust and open mechanism, involving the families, for an independent review of such suspicious deaths

PE1331 Petition on Parkinsons Medication: Get it on time, Every time (96KB pdf)

Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to ensure that NHS boards support people with Parkinson’s to get their medication on time, every time, in hospital and at home.

PE1330 Petition on Ending the Use of Pit Ponies (97KB pdf)

Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to prohibit the use of equine underground.

PE1329 Petition on Public Guardians Responsibilities Under the Adults With Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 (94KB pdf)

Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to put in place a review of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 with a remit to bring it up to date, specifically to introduce legislation that will cover the area surrounding deceased adults and in particular the role of the Public Guardian in these cases.

PE1328 Petition on Siting of Wind Turbines Close to Residential Property (105KB pdf)

Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to guarantee a minimum separation distance of two kilometres between a wind turbine development and any residential property or building, regardless of whether they are single dwellings or part of a settlement, to minimise potential health, safety and environmental risks.

PE1327 Petition on Grid Reference Identification Project - Improving the Management of Emergency Cases in Rural Areas (88KB pdf)

Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to promote and support the use of Grid Reference Identification Project (GRIP) and to encourage GPs to invite vulnerable rural patients to take part in this initiative.

PE1326 Petition on Improving Compulsory Purchase for Derelict Properties (90KB pdf)

Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to investigate and review the compulsory purchase powers of local authorities to deal with derelict properties/land.

PE1319 Petition on Improving Youth Football in Scotland (117KB pdf)

Calls on the 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 effects 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 two 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

PE1325 Petition on the Erection of a Statue of Thomas Muir (94KB pdf)

Calls on the Parliament to support the erection of a statue of Thomas Muir in the vicinity of the Parliament building or at an appropriate place on the Royal Mile.

PE1324 Petition on Israel’s Contribution to Medicine, Science and Technology Exhibition at the Scottish Parliament (84KB pdf)

Calls on the Parliament to cancel the Israel’s Contribution to Medicine, Science and Technology exhibition scheduled to run in the Scottish Parliament from 27-29 April 2010.

PE1323 Petition on Community Centres for the Scottish Shia Muslims (85KB pdf)

Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to encourage and facilitate the creation of community centres dedicated for Scottish Shia Muslims

PE1322 Petition on Support for the Dance School of Scotland (109KB pdf)

Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to demonstrate how it will ensure the viability and future of dance teaching and coaching in schools and colleges across Scotland and through a national centre of excellence.

PE1320 Petition on amending planning circular 3/2009, Notification of Planning Applications (92KB pdf)

Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to amend Planning Circular 3/2009, Notification of Planning Applications to (a) require that Scottish Ministers are notified of any planning application a planning authority is minded to approve where there is an outstanding objection from another planning authority (b) widen the definition of “national significance” used by Ministers in deciding whether to call-in an application to include objections by a planning authority to a major development for which another authority are minded to grant consent.

PE1321 Petition on Management of Gypsy/Traveller Sites (90KB pdf)

Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to remove the Trespass (Scotland) Act 1865 from all future guidance on the management of Gypsy/Traveller temporary halt sites.

PE1318 Petition on Free Access to Public Leisure for Facilities for All Children (105KB pdf)

Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to give free access to all publicly funded leisure centres, including swimming pools, for all school aged children across Scotland.

PE1317 Petition on Protecting the Rights of School Age workers (102KB pdf)

Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to take the necessary action to ensure that the rights of school aged workers in part time employment are protected so that employers cannot impose excessive working hours to the detriment of the workers’ academic studies and bring about greater transparency in the distribution of tips to young workers in the hospitality trade.

PE1315 Petition on Increased Efforts to stop the Illegal Killings of Birds of Prey (103KB pdf)

Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to increase its efforts to stop the illegal killing of birds of prey.

PE1309 Petition on Removing Protection from Certain Animals in Order to Protect Livestock (92KB pdf)

Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to amend relevant legislation to remove the protection given to sea eagles and other predators such as foxes, badgers, and ravens in order to allow farmers and crofters, in certain situations, to kill such predators so as to protect their livestock from injury and death incurred by attack.

PE1316 Petition on Enhanced Disclosure for Election Candidates (108KB pdf)

Calls on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to ensure that all individuals seeking election to local or national public office (i.e. council and Scottish Parliament) are subject to enhanced disclosure.

PE1314 Petition on Banning Hot Branding of Equine Animals (82KB pdf)

Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to amend immediately the Prohibited Procedures on Protected Animals (Exemptions) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 and ban the hot branding of all equine animals

PE1312 Petition on Investigation into the Award of Medals for the 1949 Yangtze Campaign (95.1KB pdf)

Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to make representations to the UK Government asking it to investigate the circumstances into the process for awarding medals to those involved in the 1949 Yangtze campaign and, in particular, whether this process was corrupted as a result of the exclusion of relevant and important documents relating to the role of HMS Concord in the Yangtze Campaign on 30 and 31 July 1949.

PE1311 Petition on Support for Amateur Sports Coaches (99KB pdf)

Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to review the arrangements which allow individuals who have undergone satisfactory police checks but who do not have a national governing body level 2 coaching certificate to access community resources (funding as well as sports facilities and equipment) in the same way as those who do have such a qualification in order to increase the breadth and number of coaches available to work with young people across the range of sports activities.

PE1310 Petition on Compulsory Treatment Orders for Non-violent Mentally Ill Patients (106KB pdf)

Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to amend the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 to abolish the over-use of Compulsory Treatment Orders for non-violent mentally ill patients and to provide a process which allows patients and their representatives to challenge any perceived errors in CTO reports which can lead to misdiagnoses, faulty speculation and the administration of unwarranted forms of treatment.

PE1308 Petition on Publicly Funded Trade Missions to Israel (99.4KB pdf)

Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to review its policy with respect to trade missions or trade initiatives by publicly funded bodies to Israel and to direct or influence Scottish Trade International to end any ongoing initiatives with Israel.

PE1307 Petition on Male Victims of Domestic Abuse/Violence (95.6KB pdf)

Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to ensure that all publicly funded action on domestic abuse/violence fully address the needs of male victims and their children.

PE1306 Petition on Provision of Local Authority Public Petitioning Process (100KB pdf)

Calls on the Parliament to urge each local authority to put in place an open, accessible, accountable and participative public petitions process. 

PE1305 Petition on Extension of Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (111KB pdf)

Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to extend the bowel cancer screening programme to the immediate families of those who have been diagnosed with bowel cancer.

PE1304 Petition on Safeguarding Private Sector Funding of Charities (98KB pdf)

Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to make representations to the banking and other private funding sectors to ensure that funding which they provide to charities is maintained in order to protect the jobs and services they provide, many of which are carried out on behalf of public bodies, and to outline how it will address any funding shortfall as a result of the current financial difficulties faced by banks and others.

PE1303 Petition on Civil Court Fees Preventing Access to Civil Justice (114KB pdf)

Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to restore access to justice for all by abandoning its policy of full withdrawal of public funding for civil courts and repealing the Orders relating to Court of Session, High Court of Judiciary, Public Guardian and Sheriff Court fees which increase the cost to individuals in accessing civil justice.

PE1301 Petition on Investigation of Complaints Against Police Force (96KB pdf)

Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to make provision to allow individuals complaining about the police force for their area, to approach a police force from a different area to investigate such complaints.