Petition Discussions

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Petition ID Commenter Date Comment
2813 Maureen moir 2017-04-11T12:16:42.16 Unaffordable , will have to be passed onto parents fees . Ridiculous
2813 Lyndsay Grant 2017-04-11T12:33:54.51 Given the Scottish Goverment is pushing for more emphasis on childcare development and an attempt to cut down on alco...
2813 Gary Anderson 2017-04-11T12:43:20.59 Given the Scottish Governments pledge to be the best place to raise children it is telling that pubs have their rates...
2813 Katie 2017-04-11T13:22:08.187 Significant fee increase passed to parents this year due to business rates increase. This makes it very difficult to ...
2813 Catherine Gee 2017-04-11T13:38:47.787 Don't make my child care costs prohibit me from continuing to work.
2813 Janet McDonald 2017-04-11T14:03:50.723 The rising cost of the business rate is scandalous, this will affect working parents if the fees are not affordable
2813 William 2017-04-11T14:40:53.057 The government cannot provide universal nursery provision through the public sector but wants to tax more heavily the...
2813 Linn Elder 2017-04-11T14:53:58.7 This is a tax that will punish working parents, when the nursery fees are already at a level when working often doesn...
2813 TOKONI STEVENSON 2017-04-11T16:03:03.88 THE PROVISION OF COST EFFICIENT CHILDCARE IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE PROPERTY TAX ASSOCIATED WITH CHILDCARE FACILITIE...
2813 PAUL STEVENSON 2017-04-11T16:05:16.067 CHILDCARE COSTS NEED TO REDUCED TO HELP MOVE TOWARDS BETTER EMPLOYMENT UPTAKE AMONGST PARENTS
2813 Rebecca Goss 2017-04-11T18:12:12.537 Nursery fees have already risen substantially to accommodate (albeit extremely important) living wage and national mi...
2813 Lorraine Gillespie 2017-04-11T19:26:13.08 One of our nurseries has seen a 100% increase in its annual rates bill. Unaffordable. Will need to be passed onto par...
2813 Richard Watson 2017-04-11T20:03:30.69 it makes no sense whatsoever. More parents will not be able to afford nursery fees meaning nurseries will suffer as w...
2813 Catherine Wilson 2017-04-11T20:36:01.777 It's all about education - so said the SNP !!!!!!\r\nHow is this huge increase supposed to help ?
2813 Paul Wilson 2017-04-11T21:00:19.527 This yet another tax raising issue to pay for the Government (SNP) policies aimed at securing votes from lower income...
2813 Colin Johnston 2017-04-11T21:25:20.093 The proposed rates hike is excessive and will threaten the viability of nurseries. Good quality nurseries are already...
2813 Kerry McNeil 2017-04-11T22:50:37.687 The resulting increase in nursery fees will mean it is not worth many parents going to work! All this chat about incr...
2813 Sarah Isted 2017-04-11T23:10:31.873 Childcare is unaffordable as it is. You want parents to go back into the workplace but you make it impossible for nur...
2813 myra anderson 2017-04-11T23:21:44.857 Unaffordable
2813 Caroline Hamid 2017-04-11T23:25:31.407 Working parents struggle to pay for the best child care possible. This change would lead to severe hardship for many....
2813 Cd 2017-04-11T23:55:11.857 I am not earning after childcare and transport fees as it is.. please stop any further increases , we the squeezed m...
2813 Megan Braithwaite 2017-04-12T06:50:16.697 While I understand the govt has provided provision for free childcare for 3 & 4 year olds in Scotland, in reality thi...
2813 Sara-Jane Mackay 2017-04-12T07:41:02 This is not only crippling for small businesses but will have a knock on effect on childcare costs for working families.
2813 Emily Williams 2017-04-12T07:43:53.563 If the increase is passed on to parents, it means that parents will be effectively priced out of the workplace.
2813 L Fleming 2017-04-12T08:29:22.037 To increase the rates on nurseries is to directly tax the working family, l was under the impression that this was no...
2813 Stacey 2017-04-12T09:35:32 Shocking!
2813 Rizwan Saeed 2017-04-12T13:35:48.237 Increase will have to be passed to working parents. We deliver a key service that allows parents to go work and prov...
2823 Irene Baillie 2017-04-12T16:35:10.457 My petition so I have to sign
2823 Sukanya nagarajan 2017-04-12T16:51:31.557 I wish her petition should be considered and she should be given justice. As a good friend, I would wish her to stay ...
2823 Julie-Anne wightman 2017-04-12T16:54:04.07 The law needs to change so people can live there life's without feeling threatened and and worried if anything might ...
2823 Helen 2017-04-12T17:08:23.943 Good luck Irene, after all your hard work I hope you receive the support you deserve.
2823 Eileen Brown 2017-04-12T17:16:07.51 Abuse of any kind is intolerable. It can take many forms. Mental or psychological can in fact be worst.The abuser can...
2823 sarah macrae 2017-04-12T17:29:13.073 To stop ppl thinking it's ok to send abusive texts and thinking that there isn't any consequences
2823 sarah macrae 2017-04-12T17:36:04.373 hope this works so people dont think they can get away with sending abusive texts and get away with it!
2823 Lynne Kirby 2017-04-12T17:50:05.58 Hope you get loads of signatures Irene
2823 Kenny 2017-04-12T18:27:10.86 Good luck with it!
2845 Alyne Duthie 2017-04-12T18:34:51.633 Most neuroscientists no longer subscribe to the view that antidepressants correct any kind of serotonin imbalance and...
2823 Sharon Carter 2017-04-12T18:37:52.973 Good Luck!
2823 Billy McClelland 2017-04-12T18:39:19.913 Good luck on this Irene, hopefully it's successful and protects others so they don't go through what you had to.
2813 Karen Hooton 2017-04-12T18:41:22.163 The government want the best place to grow up to be Scotland, that means having good quality childcare (they are our ...
2845 Nathalie Lavallee 2017-04-12T18:52:08.79 I have been injured by benzo long term use and withdrawal. 36 months off and still disable..\r\nThis must stop!
2845 Jennifer Jackson 2017-04-12T19:06:14.913 Know there's SO many out here suffering like myself due to benzos and the lack of knowledge on how to safely taper of...
2845 Gary Skriba 2017-04-12T19:07:53.713 I've lost the best of 21 years to benzodiazepines always taken as directed. I was never warned about the horrible dan...
2845 Lindsay Lauerman 2017-04-12T19:16:12.163 Signed
2823 Tracy Stewart 2017-04-12T19:32:47.057 Here's hoping this is successful
2813 Rachel Hewitt 2017-04-12T19:38:53.653 For many families nurseries are the only option to allow parents to work and earn money to keep their families afloat...
2845 Aida 2017-04-12T19:39:34.2 I've been hurt by Xanax, Klonopin here in the US. Still tapering in April of 2017.
2823 Chloe connell 2017-04-12T19:52:29.497 Signed
2823 Lee-Jane Brash 2017-04-12T19:59:43.763 Good luck Irene.
2823 Maria clark 2017-04-12T21:29:52.213 The law needs to change, good luck Xx