PE1105 Petition on Continuing Care and Funding of Palliative Care Provision in Hospices (45.6 KB pdf)
Calls on the 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 the St Margaret of Scotland Hospice, and to investigate whether arrangements for funding palliative care provision at hospices in the context of HDL (2003)18 are fair and reasonable.

PE1104 Petition on Impact of Mechanical Vibrations from Windfarms on Base of Food Chain (32.8 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to consider the impact of mechanical vibrations transmitted down through wind turbine installations on peat, soils, invertebrates, fungi and bioaerosols lying at the very base of the food chain when considering applications for onshore wind farms and to commission research into the impact of such vibrations on such habitats and species.

PE1103 Petition on Tackling Violence Against Women (43.7 KB pdf)
Petition calling on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to prioritise the continuing development of strategic work on violence against women by following the 3 P’s approach – active prevention of violence against women and children; adequate provision of quality support services for women and children; and appropriate and effective legal protection for women and children.

PE1102 Petition on Future of Post Office Network and Impact on Rural Communities (37.0 KB pdf)
Calls for the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to assess the impact that the UK Government’s recent announcement on the future of the Post office network, both sub post offices and Crown post office relocation, will have on rural communities in Scotland, such as Galashiels.

PE1101 Petition on Planning Policies and when Scottish Ministers Instruct Local Inquiries (30.9 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to (a) ensure that all relevant planning policies and guidance are adhered to and (b) consider the circumstances under which Scottish Ministers instruct public inquiries.

PE1098 Petition on Seatbelts on School Buses (39.2 KB pdf) Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to ensure that all buses used for school transport are fitted with three-point seat belts.

PE1097 Petition on Public Sector Contracts and Competitive Tendering (26.1 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to take action, either through the introduction of new legislation or enhancing the enforcement of existing legislation, to make it an offence for any local authority or public sector body to award a contract with a value exceeding £25,000 pa without first adopting a competitive tendering and best value-based approach.

PE1096 Petition on Annual Compulsory Independent Monitoring of Advice Agencies (42.8 KB  pdf)
Calls for the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to take action, either through the introduction of new legislation or enhancing the enforcement of existing legislation, to ensure that all advice agencies in receipt of lottery or public funding exceeding £25,000 pa are subject to annual compulsory monitoring by specialist independent audit / peer review bodies in order to assess the standard and quality of advice given to the public by the staff and volunteers in such agencies.

PE1091 Petition on Levying by NHS Boards of Car Parking Charges at NHS Hospitals (40.4 KB pdf)
Calls for the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to review the levying by NHS Boards of car parking charges at NHS hospitals, such as that proposed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde at Stobhill hospital.

PE1095 Petition on Protection for National and Regional Parks from Industrialisation, Including Wind Farms (32.0 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to provide greater protection for the National and Regional Parks of Scotland from industrialisation, including wind farms and their associated quarries, roads, cable trenches and sub-stations.

PE1094 Petition on Minerals Planning Policy and Protection of Species and Habitats (27.6 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to review its minerals planning policy guidance to ensure that all aspects of such developments are fully considered by planning authorities.

PE1093 Petition on Proposed Nursery School Closures (36.8 KB pdf)
Calls for the Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to extend the guidelines on proposed closures of nursery schools.

PE1092 Petition on Seven Day Care Provision for Long-term Sick, Elderly and Disabled (31.5 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to ensure that the long-term sick, elderly and disabled receive care on the basis of need and, in particular, that such care is provided 7 days a week.

PE1090 Petition on National Proof of Age Card for 12-26 Year Olds (44.7 KB pdf)
Calls for the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to introduce a national proof of age card free for all 12-26 year olds.

PE1084 Petition on Merger of Neurological Units and Impact on North of Scotland (38.7 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to take immediate action to halt the merger of Scotland’s four neurological units and to give proper consideration to the impact of this for people in the Aberdeen and north of Scotland areas with brain injuries or trauma who would have to travel south for life saving treatment.

PE1076 Petition on Appeal Tribunal to Review Decisions by Public Services Ombudsman (43.4 KB pdf)
Calls for the Parliament to set up an Appeal Tribunal to review final decisions by the Public Services Ombudsman where any complainer so requests.

PE1075 Petition on Registered Social Landlords, Communities Scotland and Audit Scotland (25.5 KB pdf)
Calls for the Parliament to investigate the administration and operation of registered social landlords and to investigate the role of Communities Scotland as the regulatory and inspection body and for such registered social landlords to be brought within the remit of Audit Scotland.

PE1089 Petition on Exposure to Hazardous Toxins and Increase in Cancers and Other Chronic Illnesses (PE1089)
Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to investigate any links between exposure to hazardous toxins in the environment and in the workplace and the rising incidence of cancers and other chronic illnesses.

PE1088 Petition on Salary Levels and Conditions of Further Education Lecturing Staff (46.6 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to conduct an inquiry into the salary levels and conditions of Further Education lecturing staff, presently seriously disadvantaged when compared with University lecturers and school teachers.

PE1087 Petition on Underground and Undersea Cabling for Electricity Transmission Lines (41.3 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to consider and debate using underground and, where appropriate, undersea cabling for new electricity transmission lines such as that proposed between Beauly and Denny.

PE1086 Petition on Hospital Car Parking Charges (33.3 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to issue new guidance to Health Boards to remove excessive charges for car parking, particularly for those staff who work shifts and for whom public transport alternatives are limited.

PE1085 Petition on Recognition for Kinship Carers (40.3 KB pdf)
Calls for the Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to provide total recognition for kinship care.

PE1072 Petition on John Wheatley College and Compliance with Charities Test (26.5 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to take steps to enable John Wheatley College to be able to comply fully with the “Charities Test” established under the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005.

PE1071 Petition on Access to Visiting Specialist Teachers of Music, Art and Physical Education (33.8 KB pdf)
Calls on the Scottish Executive to ensure that all primary school children, particularly those in remote and rural areas, have adequate access to visiting specialist teachers of music, art and physical education.

PE1070 Petition on Village and Community Halls in Rural Scotland (25.4 KB pdf)
Calls for the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to recognise the importance of village and community halls in rural Scotland and to (a) create a Scottish Halls Fund to refurbish or modernise community buildings to increase the level of community use and improve the range and quality of services provided; (b) fund a Village Halls Support Service; (c) create a fair relief scheme for water charges for charities that will maintain the exemption beyond 2010; and (d) work with appropriate partners to cut regulatory burdens and support the interests of Hall Committees.

PE1083 Petition on Creation of Local Museums (22.7 KB pdf)
Calls for the Scottish Government to support the creation of local museums such as the proposed Leith Museum.

PE1082 Petition on Review of Funding for Scottish Civic Forum (42.4 KB pdf)
Calls for MSPs to reverse a previous decision to withdraw funding from the Scottish Civic Forum.

PE1081 Petition on Reappraisal of Maritime and Maritime Air Space Responsibilities and Organizations (29.7 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to seek a UK-wide reappraisal of all government, local authority and NGO maritime and maritime air space responsibilities and organizations, taking into account EU and International Maritime Organization contexts and world-wide best practice.

PE1080 Petition on Re-introduction of Passenger Services on Edinburgh South Suburban Railway (34.8 KB pdf)
Calls for the re-introduction of passenger services on Edinburgh’s south suburban railway.

PE1079 Petition on Eligibility for Education Maintenance Allowance (25.0 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to review the eligibility conditions for the Educational Maintenance Allowance programme to take account of the number of children within the household between the ages of 16-19 in full-time education.

PE1078 Petition on Protection of Historic Sites and their Destruction by Mineral Extraction (27.7 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to consider and debate the need for new legislation to protect historic sites.

PE1068 Petition on Public Health Risks Associated with Racing Pigeons (47.7 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to investigate the public health risks associated with racing pigeons and to introduce measures to ensure that racing pigeon lofts are not situated within residential areas and that responsibilities be imposed upon the owners for dirt, damage and diseases to the public.

PE1067 Petition on Upgrading and Implementing Safety Strategy for the A76 (32.6 KB pdf)
Calls for the Parliament to consider road safety upgrades to the A76.

PE1062 Petition on Commemorative Medal for Victims/Survivors of Troopship Lancastria Sinking (26.3 KB pdf)
Calls for the Parliament to commission a commemorative medal to be awarded to all those (or the relatives of victims, or relatives of survivors who have now passed away) who were aboard the troopship Lancastria on 17th June 1940 when she was sunk by German bombers.

PE1065 Petition on Promoting Use of New Technologies to Engage Young People Across Europe in Democratic Process (26.6 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to use the Microsoft Government Leaders Forum Europe to promote the use of new and emerging technologies to enhance the engagement of young people in the democratic process and to encourage Parliaments throughout Europe to do the same.

PE1064 Petition on Replacement/Repair of Forth Road Bridge, Road User Charging, and Investment in Public Transport (40.2 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to reconsider its decision to replace the Forth Road Bridge.

PE1057 Petition on Increasing Funding for Research into Endometriosis and Facilitating its Diagnosis (45.4 KB pdf)
Calls on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to consider increasing funding for research into Endometriosis and to consider ways of facilitating more effective diagnosis of Endometriosis in light of the recommendations of the Kerr Report on the future of the NHS in Scotland.

PE1055 Petition on Ownership of Electromagnetic Broadcast Spectrum and Scottish Television Channels (44.1 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to seek clarification on the ownership of electromagnetic broadcast spectrum in advance of the proposed spectrum packaging and award process and to seek assurances that capacity will be reserved on the digital multiplexes to enable local and new Scottish television channels originating in Scotland to be broadcast to Scottish viewers receiving the public service broadcasting channels.

PE1050 Petition on Legislation to Provide Better Protection for Common Good Sites (43.1 KB pdf)
Calls for the Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to introduce legislation to provide better protection for common good sites, such as Ravenscraig Park in Kirkcaldy, and to ensure that such assets are retained for their original purpose for future generations.

PE1049 Petition on Responsibility for Maintenance of Unadopted Open Spaces, Including Footpaths, Lanes, Kerbs, Car Parks and Roads (22.6 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to take responsibility for unadopted roads, pavements and open spaces which previously belonged to government agencies, e.g. Scottish Homes.

PE1048 Petition on Pre-school Children, Children's Play Areas and Protection from Telecommunications Masts (29.0 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to update NPPG19: Radio Telecommunications to offer additional protection to children’s play areas from electro-magnetic radiation from base stations.

PE1047 Petition on Coastal and Marine National Park/Marine Environmental Protection Process (25.7 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to consider and debate the failure of the existing coastal and marine national park/marine environmental protection process and the extent to which such failure is due to pressure from those individuals and industries which have a vested affiliated or commercial interest.

PE1046 Petition on Reductions in Class Sizes in Scottish Publicly Funded Schools (27.9 KB pdf)
Calls for the Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to support significant reductions in class sizes in Scottish publicly funded schools during the lifetime of the next Scottish Parliament.

PE1074 Petition on Road User Charging or National Road Pricing in Scotland (28 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to reject road user charging or National Road Pricing on Scotland’s roads.

PE1073 Petition on the Apparently Disproportionate Number of Catholics in Prisons in Scotland (28 KB pdf)
Calls for the Parliament to investigate and establish the reasons for the apparently disproportionate number of Catholics in Scottish prisons.

PE1063 Petition on Speculative Fee Arrangements Between Solicitor/Advocates and Clients (32 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to: (a) investigate a claimed conflict of interest existing between lawyers and clients as a result of speculative fee arrangements (‘no win no fee’); and (b) urge the Scottish Government to overhaul current arrangements for speculative fees in order to make lawyers more accountable to their clients.

PE1058 Petition on Impact of Large Supermarket Developments in Town Centres (35 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to consider and debate the traffic, environmental and sustainability impact on existing communities in designated town centres of large 24-hour supermarket developments.

PE1056 Petition on Mandatory Assessment Tools and Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) (33 KB pdf)
Calls for the introduction of mandatory assessment tools for all Health Boards for the diagnosis of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT); to ensure commonality of patient guidance information regarding DVT; and to introduce a newborn screening programme for the Factor V gene, which has been shown to increase susceptibility to DVT.

PE1052 Petiton on the Services of Independent Midwives (37 KB pdf)
Calls for the Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to promote the services of independent midwives and to ensure that such services continue to be available to pregnant women in Scotland.

PE1051 Petition on the Charter for Grandchildren (40 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to make the Charter for Grandchildren legally binding.

PE1045 Petition on Scottish Enterprise Funding for Hairdressing Trainees (28 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to consider and debate the concerns of employers and work-based training providers within the hairdressing industry, following a change in policy by Scottish Enterprise which has led to a severe reduction in the number of young people being funded for hairdressing training in Scotland.

PE1044 Petition on Employment Assistance for Nurses, Midwives and Physiotherapists (53 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to investigate the merits of extending the ‘One Year Job Guarantee’ employment assistance for newly qualified nurses and midwives to include newly qualified physiotherapists in Scotland, with particular reference to the benefits for social care.

PE1060 Petition on Right to Buy (29 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to review the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 to ensure that where a tenant cannot return to his/her home due to a medical condition, any pre-existing right to buy terms should transfer to the remaining named resident(s).

PE1054 Petiton on Edinburgh Accommodation Allowance (50 KB pdf)
Calls on the Scottish Parliament to review the legality, probity and compliance of the Edinburgh Accommodation Allowance and take professional legal advice to ensure that it complies with UK government legislation in general and payment of capital gains tax by Holyrood MSPs in particular.

PE1053 Petition on Audio Visual Recording of Court Proceedings (40 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to make mandatory the audio and visual recording of all court proceedings and prohibit the use of shorthand notes as a means of recording court proceedings.

PE1041 Petition on Community Sports Facilities (58 KB pdf)
Calls for the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to take the necessary steps to ensure that facilities and pitches used by all community-based sports clubs are of a standard befitting a leading European nation.

PE1039 Petition on Cancer Strategy (23 KB pdf)
Calls on politicians to update the Cancer in Scotland strategy beyond its current end date of 2011 up to 2020 and beyond.

PE1038 Petition on Disabled Parking Spaces (46 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to ensure the adequate provision by local authorities of disabled parking spaces for blue badge holders.

PE1033 Petition on Independent Review of Complaints Against the Legal Profession (43 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to seek an effective, transparent and wholly independent means of reviewing cases of alleged injustice, caused by actions and decisions of the Law Society of Scotland and Faculty of Advocates, relating to the regulation of complaints made by members of the public against the legal profession, either by giving such powers to the new Scottish Legal Complaints Commission or by setting up an independent review commission.

PE1022 Petition on Foreign Language Learning in Schools, Colleges and Universities (52 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to debate the need to vigorously promote foreign language learning and inter-cultural awareness in Scottish schools, colleges and universities.

PE1059 Petition on the Sale and Use of Airguns (42 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to support a ban on the sale and use of airguns except for certified pest control purposes or for use at registered gun clubs.

PE1036 Petition on Employment Opportunities for Disabled People(40 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive, in partnership with Remploy and other sheltered workshop employers, to promote employment opportunities for disabled people by reserving local authority and/or government contracts to supported businesses as permitted by EU Article 19 on Public Procurement.

PE1032 Petition on Care Provision for the Elderly (36 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to improve care for the elderly at a local and national level and, in particular, to improve the standard of care provision for the housebound elderly, and to ensure that seniors forums are fully consulted in relation to the provision of care for the elderly.

PE1023 Petition on Residential Care Places for the Elderly (97 KB pdf)
Calls for the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to ensure that a greater proportion of residential care places for the elderly are provided for and staffed by the statutory sector, particularly in rural areas.

PE1066 Petition on Symbol of the Scottish Parliament to be Displayed in the Parliament's Debating Chamber (200 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to consider and debate the adoption of the current symbol of the Scottish Parliament to be displayed in a prominent position in the Debating Chamber.

PE1061 Petition on Anti-Social Behaviour in Urban Residential Areas and Access Rights under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 (39 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to ensure that measures taken by communities to tackle antisocial behaviour in urban residential areas are not restricted by the duty of a local authority to uphold access rights under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003.

PE1042 Petition on Smoking Ban and Indoor Air Pollution (60 KB pdf)
Calls for the Scottish Parliament to review the smoking prohibition and control provisions of the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005, and to adopt a comprehensive approach to indoor air pollution by introducing a Regulated Indoor Air Quality Standard.

PE1040 Petition on Taxation of the Bingo Industry (36 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to recognise that bingo clubs have been hit by both the smoking ban and an unfair system of taxation and to make representations to the UK Government to tax the bingo industry in the same way as it does the rest of the gaming industry.

PE1037 Petition on the Smoking Ban in Pubs and Clubs (60 KB pdf)
Calls for the Scottish Parliament to amend the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 to allow smoking in pubs and clubs within designated smoking areas

PE1035 Petition on the Gourock to Dunoon Ferry Service (35 KB pdf)

Calls on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to withdraw direct and indirect financial support for Calmac on the Dunoon to Gourock ferry service and to ensure full transparency in relation to government subsidy of ferry services.

PE1034 Petition on Post-Legislative Monitoring Body for Private Bills (38 KB pdf)
Calls for the Parliament to establish a post-legislative monitoring body to ensure that commitments made by promoters during the passage of a private bill are adhered to.

PE1025 Petition on Shrieval Appointments (42 KB pdf)
Calls on the Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to: (a) allow anyone with grounds to lodge an objection to the appointment of a new sheriff; and (b) prohibit sheriffs being appointed to any sheriffdom in which they previously practised law.

PE1031 Petition on Legislation Relating to Assisted Suicide (pdf 50kb)
Calls on the Parliament to oppose the introduction of any legislation which would permit assisted suicide.

PE1026 Petition on Television Coverage of the Scottish National Football Team (pdf 40kb)
Calls for the Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to exert all its political powers upon BBC Scotland to ensure the corporation provide television coverage of every Scotland National Football Team match and notes the sporting and cultural importance of the national team which should ensure that this issue is highlighted every time the Scottish Executive meet with BBC Scotland.

PE1012 Petition on Information Plaques at Sites of Local, Regional, National or International Importance (pdf 22kb)
Calls for the Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to adopt a nationally co-ordinated and nationally funded scheme for marking people, events and places by erecting informative plaques at sites of local, regional, national or international importance.

PE1011 Petition on National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000 and Local Referenda (pdf 28kb)
Calls on the Parliament to amend the National Park (Scotland) Act 2000 to require the approval by a majority in a local referendum before any National Park can be established.

PE1010 Petition on Alcohol Exclusion Zones and Dispersal Orders (pdf 25kb)
Calls for the Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to introduce/enhance devolved legislation to empower local councils to enforce powers to apply alcohol exclusion zones and dispersal orders under a “Fast-Track” system, thus enabling police and local councils to implement measures more expediently to rescue communities such as Aberfeldy from “death by due process”.