Human right to adequate food

What it asks

What the petitioner did first

1. 19 Sep 2019
   Public Petitions Committee

   New Petitions
   1 mention
2. 5 Mar 2020
   Public Petitions Committee

   Continued Petitions
   1 mention
3. 2 Sep 2020
   Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee

   Petition
   1 mention
4. 17 Feb 2021
   Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee

   Petitions
   2 mentions

1. Scotland962 70.1%
2. United Kingdom368 26.8%
3. England22 1.6%
4. Wales2 0.1%
5. Northern Ireland2 0.1%
6. United States2 0.1%
7. Germany2 0.1%
8. Bangladesh1 0.1%
9. Philippines1 0.1%
10. Italy1 0.1%
11. 9 other countries9 0.7%

1. Kate Bellew 19 Jul 2019
   If Scotland wants to be a leading country in tackling the climate and biodiversity crises then this would be an excellent positive step forward.
2. Kate Kirkwood 19 Jul 2019
   UN Sustainable Development Goal ... End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.
3. Daniel Brown 19 Jul 2019
   I agree wholeheartedly to taking forward this holistic and integrated approach to the food production, the environment and public health.
4. Lorraine Marshall 19 Jul 2019
   Food is a necessity, not everyone has the means or support to have access to food. It is a human right .
5. Cath Wallace 22 Jul 2019
   We have children starving in this Country, this must STOP now.
6. cait ni Cadlaig 22 Jul 2019
   People did without access to enough food Its as simple as that So therefore it must be written in Statute as a Human Right to have an absolute right to food.
7. Denise Walton 22 Jul 2019
   Good Food Nation with a 'bad food economy' ?? It doesn't stack-up. Making good food fairly produced accessible will drive a Good Food Economy without depleting essential and finite resources.
8. Jane Rubens 22 Jul 2019
   I am signing this petition because I believe the right to good food is a basic right I would like to see that everyone in Scotland has. What I am not sure about is whether legislation can make it happen or whether it is the best way to make it happen. Food banks may be necessary these days but I think it is a retrograde step for the poor to have to go to a church or a public building to get free food. This seems especially true when there is so much food wasted, often by people who have plenty more food or more money to buy more food when some of their food is out of date or no longer appetising. How we sort all of this out seems way out of reach to me. I hope you can come up with helpful concrete plans to make the right to food a legal requirement in Scotland.
9. Emma Whitham 22 Jul 2019
   We need to stop prioritising food for export and start dealing with basic human rights, like good, healthy nutritious food right now for people in this country.
10. Mrs Julie Wilkinson 22 Jul 2019
    In this day and age no one should be short of good food and access to help to provide and prepare it.
11. Edward Andrews 22 Jul 2019
    In a just society everyone has access to food. In a caring society this food is nutritious and will lead to better health outcomes
12. Christiane McKeown 23 Jul 2019
    To have enough good food to live a healthy life which allows a person to live to their full potential is a human right, this has to be enshrined in law
13. Anne Milne 23 Jul 2019
    We all need food, and for the benefit of all, including the economy and the NHS, we need food that is healthy and accessible for everybody.
14. Howard wilkinson 23 Jul 2019
    Moving toward a universal opportunity
    Regarding healthier food
15. Miesbeth knottenbelt 23 Jul 2019
    The right to food enshrined in law is the only serious way forward. Please consider doing the right thing whilst we have the opportunity. Thank you.
16. Dr. Mrs. Elizabeth Bola Ogunlana 23 Jul 2019
    Every person has a right to eat healthy food. In a loving society, access to healthy food should not be difficult to come by. I appeal to the Scottish Government to make the production of healthy food a priority.
17. Donnie Mackenzie 24 Jul 2019
    We need to look after the most vulnerable people better. The homelessness, poverty and starvation that goes unhelped damns us.
18. Eva mcfarlane 24 Jul 2019
    Getting over food inequality will help people get out of the vicious circle of poverty that is worse health and ability due to lack of money
19. Michael Bills 24 Jul 2019
    A legal right to food and water is long overdue.
20. Danilo Carranza 24 Jul 2019
    We cant survive without food. We cant live with dignity without safe and accessible affordble food. We continue to struggle for the right to food in our country and support the struggle of other peoples worldwide.
21. Margaret Bailey 25 Jul 2019
    I believe that access to food and water is a basic human right and should be incorporated into Scots law
22. Dawn Lloyd 25 Jul 2019
    Food raised in a humane and environmentally friendly way is essential.
23. Léa Winter 25 Jul 2019
    Great initiative ! Thanks !
24. Paul Downie 25 Jul 2019
    This is the type of issue law making should support. It's about creating a world where every individual has some basic human rights! To eat nourishing food being of utmost importance within that framework. Please support!
25. Gill Bird 25 Jul 2019
    We need highest possible animal welfare standards.
26. melnnie fyfe 25 Jul 2019
    Would you ever believe people are starving in the year 2019? this is REAL LIFE.
27. Lynne Rossini 25 Jul 2019
    Our basic needs which are stipulated human rights are being denied.
28. Fay Costello 25 Jul 2019
    Let's put an end to another injustice in Scotland!
29. Amanda Roy 25 Jul 2019
    Everyone should have the right to healthy food at reasonable prices.
30. Jane Shevlin 26 Jul 2019
    Fairly produced food should be available at affordable prices for all. It is a fundamental humagh right.
31. Elizabeth Tait 26 Jul 2019
    All people have right to food.
32. Alan Gordon 26 Jul 2019
    Our population deserve to have their right to food enshrined in law.
33. Beverley Searle 26 Jul 2019
    Access to food and shelter is the most basic requirement of human wellbeing.
34. Caroline Muirhead 29 Jul 2019
    As manager of a multi arts venue where we have a sharing shelf, a lot of my time is spent on dispersing free food for the local community. It is unfair that cheap food is predominantly unhealthy packed full of fat and sugar. This has a negative impact on families and communities as well as being a huge burden on the NHS. Let's rethink healthy food options for children and promote and support more 'grow your own' initiatives. Let communities think about how best to utilise local community gardens and green spaces so that growing your own food becomes a normal part of life. Healthy food must be accessible for all which needs to also include things like encouraging less meat eating and raising awareness around other healthy options like pizza ovens being available to community groups so kids and families learn to make their own. Understanding where our food comes from and educating people on how it is processed will help people make better informed choices.
35. Janet Ainsworth 29 Jul 2019
    Everyone has the right to good nutritious safe food..no one should go hungry
36. William Kell 29 Jul 2019
    People have a right to a good healthy food supply at a reasonable rate and should be able to afford it. It would help to tackle some of the obesity issues on this country of people could afford good quality cheap food as opposed to overpriced processed foods which are bad for us
37. Simon Macfarlane 30 Jul 2019
    We need a human tights approach to access to healthy and nutritios food. We need to eradicate food poverty and the reliance on food banks by redistributing wealth.
38. Simon Macfarlane 30 Jul 2019
    I support a human rights approach to food. We need to tackle food poverty and the reliance on food banks through redistributing wealth.
39. Barbara Robinson 30 Jul 2019
    Good affordable nutritious food should be available for every person in our society a human right enshrined in law.
40. Nikki Brannan 30 Jul 2019
    Animal welfare is my main priority. Cruelty to animals is not acceptable in any form, for any reason
41. Hilda Campbell 31 Jul 2019
    In terms of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs, Food, Water, Warmth and a safe place to sleep are our basic physiological needs, if these aren't met, it impacts on us in so many ways which aren't helpful and hold us back from our true potential. We surely all want to live in a country where no one lacks food, water, warmth and a safe place to sleep, without these all else we do and people try to achieve will be so much harder. How can we expect children who are all our futures achieve their full potential if they are hungry or feel stigma for using food banks. How together can we create a country where people have the resources to shop and make their own choices over the food they eat? Food banks should not become the norm this is the 21st century people should have the income which affords a quality of life which helps them be who they can be
42. Mary McGinley 31 Jul 2019
    Everyone should have access to a healthy diet and should have a level of income to allows this.
    Healthy food should be affordable and the minimum wage and basic benefits should be at a high enough level to let people meet their nutritional needs.
43. Magnus Christie Williamson 1 Aug 2019
    Despite our best efforts, this planet is still able to sustain her inhabitants many times over. The only thing which frustrates this is profiteering
    - from one of the most basic requirements to human life. This is in no way necessary, in no way inevitable, in no way right. It is a social construct, and one which can and must be replaced by something far better
44. Susan Nuttgens 1 Aug 2019
    In support of the human right for adequate food.
45. Ayorinde Adewale 2 Aug 2019
    What is worth doing, is what doing best.
    Intakes demand special monitoring because the status of our life depend on it. I am in total support of this
46. Norma Isobel McIntyre 2 Aug 2019
    The Bible states Give us this day our daily bread which means we are entitled to OUR daily bread, not just any daily bread.
47. Jill Alexander 2 Aug 2019
    I feel ashamed as a UK citizen and a human being, that rising numbers of people living in the 5th richest western nation in the world should have to apply for emergency food. To avoid becoming a nation of beggars, we need to enshrine the right to food in Scots law
48. Fiona Aitken 2 Aug 2019
    An adequate balanced diet doesn't need to be expensive.
49. Kirsten Leask 5 Aug 2019
    We need a 'right to *good* food', not just a 'right to food'. Food that's good for health, environment and economy. Simply asking for the 'right to food' may just encourage the production and provision of the kind of unhealthy, over-processed, chemical-laden food-like substances that are so often available in our obesogenic consumer society.
50. Claire coleman-smith 6 Aug 2019
    A basic human right, our duty of care for humans and the environment. Future proof our long term health and reduce health care costs. Commonsense surely?!