Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE01727 · Session 5

Reporting crime in Scotland

Closed Submitted 20 Jun 2019 Justice
Signatures
0
6 online signatures with a country
Comments
1
Considered
1 meeting
in the Official Report

What it asks

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to introduce legislation that would ensure all citizens in Scotland have a legal duty to report a crime they have witnessed.

What the petitioner did first

Contacted MSPs, Bill Kidd, Annie Wells, Pauline McNeill, Patrick Harvie, Anas Sarwar and Adam Tomkins asking for support.

Where it was considered

Official Report
  1. 12 Sep 2019
    Public Petitions Committee
    New Petitions
    2 mentions

Signatures by country

6 online signatures
  1. Scotland4 66.7%
  2. Australia1 16.7%
  3. United Kingdom1 16.7%

Comments

1 comment, oldest first
  1. Frances Anne Nixon 20 Jun 2019
    Victims often go unheard, ignored, die or suffer life changing effects. They often do so unnecessarily as many know of their plight but say and do nothing.