Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE01624 · Session 5

Definition of adultery

Closed Submitted 23 Oct 2016 Justice
Signatures
0
Comments
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Considered
2 meetings
in the Official Report

What it asks

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to amend the current definition of adultery within legislation so that it is not restrictive to gender status.

What the petitioner did first

Previously submitted this petition (Petition No. PE01536) and appeared before the Public Petitions Commiittee in 2015. It was decided to close the petition at the time as it was coming to the end of Parliament and was invited to re-submit when the new Parliament resumed.
In addition to the previous MSP's I contacted and the Scottish Government's Family and Property Law Team for PE01536, for this latest petition I have contacted the following to seek advice, information and support:
Mr Steven Paterson MP for Stirling
Mr Michael Matheson MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Scotland
Scottish Law Commission in Scotland
Mr Jeremy R Balfour MSP for Lothians
Mr Brian Whittle MSP for South of Scotland
Mr Maurice Corry MSP for West Scotland
Equality and Human Rights Commission in Scotland
Equality Network in Scotland
European Court of Human Rights in France

Where it was considered

Official Report
  1. 8 Dec 2016
    Public Petitions Committee
    New Petitions
    1 mention
  2. 2 Mar 2017
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention

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