Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to facilitate a review and upgrade of the teaching resource ‘Palestine and Israel, understanding the conflict’ to assist understanding and debate in the security of classrooms.
Petitioner: Hugh Mitchell Humphries on behalf of Scottish Friends of Palestine
Status: Closed
Date published: 29 May 2025
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SPICe Briefing (104KB, pdf) posted 09 July 2025
8 October 2025: Jackson Carlaw declared an interest as Convener of the Cross-Party Group on Building Bridges with Israel and that he participated in a trip to Israel, which was funded by the Embassy of Israel in the United Kingdom. Fergus Ewing declared an interest as Deputy Convener of the Cross-Party Group on Building Bridges with Israel. Maurice Golden declared that he participated in a trip to which was funded by Conservative Friends of Israel. The Committee agreed to close the petition under Rule 15.7 of Standing Orders.
Official Report of Meeting 8 October 2025
PE2169/A: Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills written submission, 23 June 2025 (80KB, pdf) posted 08 July 2025
PE2169/B: Petitioner written submission, 5 August 2025 (81KB, pdf) posted 30 September 2025
PE2169/C: Petitioner written submission, 7 September 2025 (114KB, pdf) posted 30 September 2025