Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE01453 · Session 4

Opt for Life

Closed Submitted 5 Sep 2012 Health
Signatures
10,000
9 online signatures with a country
Comments
0
Considered
8 meetings
in the Official Report

What it asks

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to introduce an opt-out system of organ donation in Scotland to help save more lives.

What the petitioner did first

Evening Times reporter Caroline Wilson approached the then Health Secretary, Nicola Sturgeon, earlier this year in person about a possible change to an opt-out system.
She replied that the Scottish Government is waiting for the results of the UK-wide organ donation taskforce review which is due to be completed early next year.
We have been in contact with MSPs from across Scotland seeking support for a change in the transplant laws.
A public petition raised by the Evening Times has collected well over 10,000 signatures.

Where it was considered

Official Report
  1. 11 Dec 2012
    Public Petitions Committee
    New Petitions
    1 mention
  2. 19 Feb 2013
    Public Petitions Committee
    Current Petitions
    1 mention
  3. 14 May 2013
    Public Petitions Committee
    Current Petitions
    1 mention
  4. 1 Oct 2013
    Public Petitions Committee
    Current Petitions
    1 mention
  5. 18 Feb 2014
    Public Petitions Committee
    Current Petition
    1 mention
  6. 1 May 2014
    Meeting of the Parliament
    Organ Donation
    4 mentions
  7. 28 Oct 2014
    Public Petitions Committee
    Current Petitions
    1 mention
  8. 10 Mar 2015
    Health and Sport Committee
    Petition
    1 mention

Signatures by country

9 online signatures
  1. Scotland7 77.8%
  2. United Kingdom2 22.2%

Comments

No public comments.