 Dilusha Pathirana, Roisin Craig and James McKee with the petition |
Pupils from a Glasgow school have handed in the 1,000th petition to the Scottish Parliament. Three youngsters from All Saints Secondary School have been calling for an inquiry into the public health impact of cheap alcohol.
The nine MSPs on the petitions committee will go to the school later this month to consider the pupils' petition.
Some petitions have led to a change in the law.
The parliament's pioneering petitions system has attracted interest from around the world.
Highly influential
Many of the 1,000 petitions have been unsuccessful or have covered issues already before the parliament.
Some, covering issues such as hepatitis C compensation, institutional child abuse and the smoking ban, have been regarded as highly influential.
Others have led to legislation on subjects such as thermostat bath valves, sewage spreading, mobile phone masts and even the colour of the Saltire flag.
The 1,000th petition was handed over by school pupils Dilusha Pathirana, Roisin Craig and James McKee at a ceremony at Holyrood.
They presented the petition to Presiding Officer George Reid and committee convener Michael McMahon, watched by some of the parliament's previous petitioners.
Mr McMahon said: "The public petitions committee has had some tremendous successes in taking forward issues on behalf of the people of Scotland in the form of its first 1,000 petitions.
"It is important though that the committee strives to be ever more accessible so that people from every walk of life and every corner of Scotland have the opportunity to engage with their parliament through the petitions system."
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