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PE1988: Review the process for disposal of household raw sewage

Petition Summary

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to:
- review the process for allowing raw sewage discharge from homes into Scottish coastal waters
- provide additional funding to SEPA for enforcement
- introduce legislation to ban households from discharging raw sewage

Petitioner: Sue Wallis

Status: Under consideration

Date published: 16 November 2022

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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee Consideration

SPICe Briefing (141KB, pdf) posted 01 March 2023


Committee Meetings 

8 March 2023: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and the Law Society of Scotlanf

Official Report of Meeting 8 March 2023


Written Submissions

PE1988/A: Scottish Government submission of 14 December 2022 (118KB, pdf) posted 20 December 2022

PE1988/B: Petitioner submission of 8 January 2023 (56KB, pdf) posted 13 February 2023