PE2001: Withdraw the 'Supporting transgender young people in schools' guidance from Scottish schools
Petition Summary
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to withdraw the 'Supporting transgender young people in schools: guidance for Scottish schools' resource, and await the outcome of the Cass Review before developing a new resource.
Petitioner: E Phillips on behalf of - Safeguarding Our Schools - Scotland
Status: Closed
Date published: 05 January 2023
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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee Consideration
SPICe Briefing (150.1KB, pdf) (150KB, pdf) posted 30 January 2023
Committee Meetings
19 April 2023: The Committee agreed to write to COSLA, the National Gender Identity Clinical Network for Scotland, LGBT Youth Scotland, the Scottish Trans Alliance, Connect (the Scottish Parent Teacher Council), the National Parent Forum of Scotland, and the Equalities and Human Rights Commission.
Official Report of Meeting 19 April 2023
06 December 2023: The Committee agreed to close the petition under rule 15.7 of Standing Orders.
Official Report of Meeting 06 December
Written Submissions
PE2001/A: Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills submission of 9 February 2023 (58.2KB, pdf) (58KB, pdf) (58KB, pdf) posted 28 February 2023
PE2001/B: Petitioner submission of 3 April 2023 (117KB, pdf) (117KB, pdf) posted 12 April 2023
PE2001/C: LGBT Youth Scotland submission of 16 May 2023 (250KB, pdf) (250KB, pdf) posted 22 May 2023
PE2001/D: Scottish Trans submission of 17 May 2023 (157KB, pdf) (157KB, pdf) posted 22 May 2023
PE2001/E: National Gender Identity Clinical Network for Scotland (NGICNS) submission of 17 May 2023 (140KB, pdf) (140KB, pdf) posted 22 May 2023
PE2001/F: Equality and Human Rights Commission submission of 18 May 2023 (89KB, pdf) (89KB, pdf) posted 22 May 2023
PE2001/G: COSLA submission of 22 May 2023 (136KB, pdf) (136KB, pdf) posted 24 May 2023
PE2001/H: Equality and Human Rights Commission submission of 3 October 2023 (88KB, pdf) (88KB, pdf) posted 25 October 2023
PE2001/I: Petitioner submission of 6 November 2023 (159KB, pdf) (159KB, pdf) posted 10 November 2023