Public Engagement Group
Responses to Government Consultations
The Free Church of Scotland’s Public Engagement Group was set up to support the Church in engaging with pollical issues. One of the main ways they do this is through responding to various consultations.
The group is chaired by Rev Stephen Allison, the Public Engagement Coordinator. Since its launch, the group has responded to a number of proposals.
All of our consultation responses can be viewed below.
To find out more about PEG, contact Stephen Allison: [email protected]
- Improving the justice system – protections for women and girls (June 2026)
- Abortion Law Review - Stakeholder Questionnaire (June 2026)
- Family Law Consultation (April 2026)
- Consultation on draft SSI to add ‘sex’ as a protected characteristic to the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 (October 2025)
- Consultation On draft Environment Strategy Consultation (September 2025)
- Call for Views on Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill (August 2025)
- Call for Views on Future Social Security Spending in Scotland (August 2025)
- Call for Views on Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill (July 2025)
- Call for Views on Commissioner for Older People (Scotland) Bill (July 2025)
- Islamophobia/Anti-Muslim Hatred Definition Working Group - call for evidence (July 2025)
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: call for evidence (January 2025)
- Proposals to amend the legislation on religious observance and religious education in schools (January 2025)
- Palliative Care Matters For All (January 2025)
- Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill - Call for Written Evidence (December 2024)
- Consultation on Proposed Prostitution Offences and Support Scotland (September 2024)
- Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill Call for Evidence (August 2024)
- Right to Palliative Care (Scotland) Bill (May 2024)
- Disability Commissioner (Scotland) Bill Call for Views (May 2024)
- Learning Disabilities Autism and Neurodivergence Bill (April 2024)
- Ending Conversion Practices Bill (Feb 2024)
- Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill Call for Views (December 2023)
- Consultation on draft Statutory Guidance on the Delivery of RSHP (November 2023)
- Commissioner for Older People (Scotland) Bill: Consultation (October 2023)
- A Human Rights Bill for Scotland: Consultation (October 2023)
- Reforming the Criminal Law to Address Misogyny (June 2023)
- Decriminalise Abortion in Scotland Petition Response (April 2023)
- Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill Consultation (August 2022)
- Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill - Call for Views (May 2022)
- Conversion Therapy Ban Consultation Response (February 2022)
- Ending the Need for Food Banks Response (January 2022)
- Proposed Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill Consultation Response (January 2022)
- Assisted Dying Consultation Response (December 2021)
- Conversion Therapy Petition Response (August 2021)
- Future Arrangements for Early Medical Abortion at Home - Response (2020)
- Hate Crime and Public Order Bill - Call for Views (2020)
- Equally Safe Response (2020)
- Climate Change Response (2020)