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Petition 1169 (pdf size 37 KB posted 12.06.2008)
Petition by Margaret Forbes  
 
Open Petitions - Petition PE1169  
Petition by Margaret Forbes, on behalf of Scottish Women Against Pornography, calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to introduce and enforce measures that ensure that magazines and newspapers containing sexually graphic covers are not displayed at children’s eye-level or below or adjacent to children’s titles and comics and should be screen sleeved before being placed on the shelf.  
Petitioner: Margaret Forbes  
On behalf of: Scottish Women Against Pornography 
Number of signatures: 568  
Date lodged: 12 June 2008  
SPICe Briefing: Briefing for PE1169 
Summary:

Written Submissions for PE1169  

24 June 2008 :   The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government, National Federation of Retail Newsagents, Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People and the Scottish Retail Consortium seeking responses to the issues raised in the petition. Link to Official Report 24 June 2008 

 
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