Petitions/Scrap the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Scotland Office
StatusOngoing
Opened20 Jan 2026
Closes
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones

This is to ask the UK Government to scrap the Secretary of State for Scotland position as the people of Scotland have a democratically elected First Minister and Government in Scotland and we therefore urge the government to scrap the position and the SO as we feel both are redundant.

Since 1999 following the establishment of the Scottish Government, we think the need to have a Secretary of State for Scotland is essentially non existent and that the position is now essentially used to attack the devolved government which was never the idea. We feel the SOS has used his position to bypass Holyrood and to criticise devolved public services. Why have Holyrood if we have this?

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Constituency engagement ranking

Jamie Stone
1Jamie Stone MP
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
3
Gordon McKee
2Gordon McKee MP
Glasgow South
3
Richard Baker
3Richard Baker MP
Glenrothes and Mid Fife
3
Alan Gemmell
4Alan Gemmell MP
Central Ayrshire
3
Damian Hinds
5Damian Hinds MP
East Hampshire
2
Steve Darling
6Steve Darling MP
Torbay
2
Irene Campbell
7Irene Campbell MP
North Ayrshire and Arran
2
Chris Murray
8Chris Murray MP
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
2
Ian Murray
9Ian Murray MP
Edinburgh South
2
Pete Wishart
10Pete Wishart MP
Perth and Kinross-shire
2
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