Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
5th Meeting, 2026
The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—
PE1887: Create an Unborn Victims of Violence Act;
PE1900: Access to prescribed medication for detainees in police custody;
PE1979: Establish an independent inquiry and an independent national whistleblowing officer to investigate concerns about the alleged mishandling of child safeguarding enquiries by public bodies;
PE2028: Extend the concessionary bus travel scheme to include people seeking asylum in Scotland;
PE2085: Introduce a statutory definition of residency for Fatal Accident Inquiries into the deaths of Scots abroad;
PE2113: Provide support to RAAC-affected communities;
PE2118: Review and restructure Scotland’s flood risk management approach and operations;
PE2130: Make it illegal to remove all the hair from a horse’s tail;
PE2161: Extend the time period for complaints through the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman for neurodivergent people to two years;
PE2165: Raise awareness of and provide educational resources and training for Functional Neurological Disorder (FND);
PE2170: Abolish the General Teaching Council for Scotland;
PE2173: Ban ultra-processed foods in school meals;
PE2178: Introduce mandatory latex labelling for food products sold in Scotland;
PE2185: Introduce stronger safeguards around the use of digital material in court proceedings;
PE2188: Extend the National Entitlement Card scheme to include ferry travel for people aged 60 and over;
PE2193: Address Dangerous Delays in Paediatric Cancer Diagnostics; and
PE2196: Address early sexual offending in Scotland.
Papers for this item:
Petition PE1887 (164KB, pdf) posted 19 February 2026
Petition PE1900 (175KB, pdf) posted 19 February 2026
Petition PE1979 (198KB, pdf) posted 19 February 2026
Petition PE2028 (165KB, pdf) posted 19 February 2026
Petition PE2085 (252KB, pdf) posted 19 February 2026
Petition PE2113 (188KB, pdf) posted 19 February 2026
Petition PE2118 (270KB, pdf) posted 19 February 2026
Petition PE2130 (150KB, pdf) posted 19 February 2026
Petition PE2161 (275KB, pdf) posted 19 February 2026
Petition PE2165 (223KB, pdf) posted 19 February 2026
Petition PE2170 (167KB, pdf) posted 19 February 2026
Petition PE2173 (161KB, pdf) posted 19 February 2026
Petition PE2178 (153KB, pdf) posted 19 February 2026
Petition PE2185 (154KB, pdf) posted 19 February 2026
Petition PE2188 (145KB, pdf) posted 19 February 2026
Petition PE2193 (209KB, pdf) posted 19 February 2026
Petition PE2196 (217KB, pdf) posted 19 February 2026
1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item