Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE01713 · Session 5

Ban the use of 'Mosquito Devices' in Scotland

Closed Submitted 26 Oct 2018 Equalities
Signatures
0
164 online signatures with a country
Comments
6
Considered
3 meetings
in the Official Report

What it asks

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to ban outright the use of ‘mosquito devices’ in Scotland, in order to uphold children and young people’s rights.

What the petitioner did first

Lodged a petition (PE1367) on this issue in 2010.
Have continued to raise concerns directly with the Scottish Government, MSPs and local councillors.
Have also discussed this issue with the Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland, and with ScotRail.

Where it was considered

Official Report
  1. 20 Dec 2018
    Public Petitions Committee
    New Petitions
    1 mention
  2. 5 Sep 2019
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention
  3. 20 Feb 2020
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention

Signatures by country

164 online signatures
  1. Scotland122 74.4%
  2. United Kingdom32 19.5%
  3. England7 4.3%
  4. Wales2 1.2%
  5. Spain1 0.6%

Comments

6 comments, oldest first
  1. Tracey Wright 26 Oct 2018
    At a time when we should be encouraging children and to come together and support each other to reduce mental health issue's and social isolation.
  2. Ezmie McCutcheon 29 Oct 2018
    Mosquito Devices violate the human rights of children and young people. They are inhumane and must be banned.
  3. Miss Toni Twigg 1 Nov 2018
    I agree with the ban i have been affected when younger it was not a very nice experience i also cried.
  4. Jo Lamb 7 Nov 2018
    Horrified to learn of these devices! The health implications alone are enough to warrant them being made illegal. Who knows what the long-term effects are on our children!
  5. Chloe Whyte 4 Dec 2018
    The mosquito device is a clear breach of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which the Scottish Government has previously stated they are keen to implement.

    Not only does it degrade and exclude young people from public spaces, through painful frequencies that reinforce age old stereotypes around 'youths', but it can also affect people of any age who have particularly sensitive hearing or sensory issues.

    One of the best things about Scotland is how welcoming and open we are to all members of society, backed up by our most recent hate campaign, our freedom to roam etc. If that's the case, why shut out some of our most valuable citizens from participating fully in society?
  6. Marina-Jane Juel-Beer 6 Dec 2018
    I'm well over the age these devices are aimed at and they are painful. It's not always possible to avoid them, I've found myself avoiding travel though Aberdeen after they stuck one in Aberdeen train station, and then outside union square it's self.
    What damage are they causinv to small children who's parents don't realise they devices are in operation?