Do you want to support or comment on a petition online?
e-Petitioner allows you to support a petition by adding your name and
address online.
Information about the subject is also provided, to put the petition in
context and help you decide whether to sign.
You can also see who else has supported the petition (name and country
only) or join in a discussion about it online.
Click here
to go to current e-petitions.
Do you want to use the Internet to petition the Parliament?
e-Petitioner allows you to have your petition live on the Internet, rather
than just on paper. This way, your petition and supporting information
can be made available to a potentially much wider audience, giving you
the opportunity to gather more names to support the petition.
A petition may gather signatures in both forms - you can have a paper
version and an online version, although repeat signatures will be removed.
Each e-Petition also has its own discussion forum, where visitors and
signatories can discuss the petition and surrounding issues online. There
is also space for supporting information, so that you can add any background
necessary and put your petition in context. See the list of current e-petitions
Check the Public Petitions Committee's 'Guidance
on the Submission of Public Petitions'. This provides
information on the kind of issues that can be raised in petitions, what you
should do before starting a petition, the form and content of the petition,
how the Public Petitions Committee (PPC) will consider the petition and
who to contact for further information.
Contact: Clerk to the Public Petitions Committee
The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
Telephone: 0131 348 5186
Email: petitions@scottish.parliament.uk
After the e-petition has been submitted to the Public Petitions Committee
(PPC), you can return to this site to check its progress through the PPC and also get
feedback from the principal petitioner.
Only your name and country will appear on the website. The other details
you give us are needed by the Public Petitions Committee (PPC) to validate
your signature. This is the same information required for a paper petition.
Your details will only be used by the PPC and the International Teledemocracy
Centre (ITC) who host the e-Petitions System, unless you have given permission
for your details to be passed on to the principal petitioner. Your details
will not be used for any purposes other than e-Petitioner, unless you
have expressly given permission otherwise.
If you wish to sign an e-petition after it has been closed to signatures
online, you can contact the Public Petitions Committee by email and request that
your name be added.
Email: petitions@scottish.parliament.uk
After a petition is closed signatures online, you can no longer make
comments in the discussion forum. However, these will still be available
for the public to read.
The International Teledemocracy Centre at Edinburgh Napier University
and BT Scotland were the original co-developers of the e-Petitioning tool.
If you experience any problems using e-Petitioner, please contact the Petitions Committee petitions@scottish.parliament.uk Please include any details of the error that may help us.
e-Petition
A petition which collects signatures online, using the e-Petitioner System.
Closed petitions
A petition that has been submitted to the PPC, been considered and reached
the point where no further action will be taken.
Current Petitions
A petition that has been submitted to the PPC and which they are currently
considering. Note that a petition which is still collecting signatures
is called a live petition.
Live petition
An e-petition that is still collecting signatures online.
Principal petitioner
The person who initiates the petition and decides when it is to be submitted.
