PE1919 : Ban the sale of high caffeine products to children for performance enhancement
Petition Summary
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to ban the sale of fast release caffeine gum to under 18s for performance enhancement due to risk of serious harm.
Petitioner: Ted Gourley
Status: Under consideration
Date published: 14 December 2021
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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee Consideration
SPICe Briefing (122KB, pdf) (122KB, pdf) posted 24 January 2022
Committee Meetings
23 February 2022: The Committee agreed to write to the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland, Scottish Athletics, sportscotland, Cardiac Risk in the Young and Food Standards Scotland.
Official Report of Meeting 23 February 2022
28 September 2022: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government.
Official Report of Meeting 28 September 2022
22 February 2023: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government, and UK Athletics.
Official Report of Meeting 22 February 2023
20 September 2023: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government.
Official Report of Meeting 20 September 2023
Written Submissions
PE1919/A: Scottish Government submission of 19 January 2022
PE1919/B: Petitioner submission of 14 February 2022
PE1919/C: Sport Scotland submission of 1 April 2022 (96KB, pdf) (96KB, pdf) posted 01 July 2022
PE1919/D: Food Standards Scotland submission of 4 April 2022 (86.9KB, pdf) (87KB, pdf) posted 01 July 2022
PE1919/E: Children and Young People Commissioner Scotland submission of 4 April 2022 (120.7KB, pdf) (121KB, pdf) posted 01 July 2022
PE1919/F: Scottish Athletics submission of 28 July 2022 (162.7KB, pdf) (163KB, pdf) posted 01 August 2022
PE1919/G: Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) submission of 2 September 2022 (100.1KB, pdf) (100KB, pdf) posted 05 September 2022
PE1919/H: Petitioner submission of 5 September 2022 (104.7KB, pdf) (105KB, pdf) posted 06 September 2022
PE1919/I: Scottish Government submission of 20 October 2022 (143.5KB, pdf) (144KB, pdf) posted 28 October 2022
PE1919/J: Petitioner submission of 14 November 2022 (81.3KB, pdf) (81KB, pdf) posted 23 November 2022
PE1919/K: Petitioner submission of 1 February 2023 (176.1KB, pdf) (176KB, pdf) posted 14 February 2023
PE1919/L: Scottish Government submission of 25 April 2023 (64KB, pdf) (64KB, pdf) posted 12 September 2023
PE1919/N: Petitioner submission of 17 May 2023 (92KB, pdf) (92KB, pdf) posted 30 May 2023
PE1919/M: UK Athletics submission of 10 May 2023 (96KB, pdf) (96KB, pdf) posted 06 June 2023
PE1919/O: Petitioner submission of 31 July 2023 (134KB, pdf) (134KB, pdf) posted 12 September 2023
PE1919/P: Petitioner submission of 11 September 2023 (138KB, pdf) (138KB, pdf) posted 12 September 2023
PE1919/Q: Scottish Government submission of 19 October 2023 (48KB, pdf) (48KB, pdf) posted 23 October 2023
PE1919/R: Petitioner submission of 6 November 2023 (94KB, pdf) (94KB, pdf) posted 10 November 2023