PE1998: End legal loopholes for the Monarchy
Petition Summary
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to:
- legislate to abolish adaptations and exemptions to legislation requested by the Monarchy;
- ensure all future communications between the Monarchy, Scottish Government and Scottish Parliament with representatives of the Monarchy are fully transparent and public;
- publish the detail of all cases where laws have been adapted at the request of the Monarchy; and
- prevent any such alterations to our laws from being implemented in the future.
Petitioner: Tristan Gray on behalf of Our Republic
Status: Closed
Date published: 05 January 2023
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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee Consideration
SPICe Briefing (238.6KB, pdf) (286KB, pdf) (286KB, pdf) posted 12 April 2023
Committee Meetings
19 April 2023: The Committee agreed to close the petition under Rule 15.7 of Standing Orders.
Official Report of Meeting 19 April 2023
Written submissions
PE1998/A: Scottish Government submission of 23 March 2023 (82KB, pdf) (82KB, pdf) posted 27 March 2023