Petition Discussions

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Petition ID Commenter Date Comment
2823 Maria Lavery 2017-04-17T21:48:59.89 The impact of emotional abuse using any communication modality, including text and email, must not be underestimated....
2823 Shirley Macintosh 2017-04-17T22:18:16.057 Long overdue.
2813 Samantha Campbell Casey 2017-04-18T09:36:43.36 This will directly impact on parents as the cost of increased business rates will be passed onto parents. Nurseries p...
2813 G Butcher 2017-04-18T12:36:03.257 It seems that the nursery fee system is giving something with one hand and then taking it back with the other, the ne...
2813 Pamela McGowan 2017-04-18T12:40:51.523 The cost of childcare is already prohibitive: the majority of my monthly salary already goes towards my son's nursery...
2813 Andrew Brown 2017-04-18T12:49:38.077 Unjustified rise in rates that significantly impact on nursery provision and working families.
2813 ruby ahuja 2017-04-18T14:03:09.697 Increasing business rates will negatively impact affordability.
2813 Dominika 2017-04-18T14:41:43.323 The cost of childcare is alredy above minimum wage and is creazy high! 100% of my salary is going thorwards childcare...
2813 Alexander Sutherland 2017-04-18T17:14:46.47 These new rates are a double Mammy whammy especially for the less well-off providers!\r\n
2823 Julie Bean 2017-04-18T17:45:37.893 There needs to be something done to help the victims for a change!
2813 Anon 2017-04-18T17:46:16.55 I am a highly educated and very experienced healthcare professional. My two kids' nursery fees are already so high th...
2823 Kaitlin Carmichael 2017-04-18T18:09:28.897 Good luck!
2823 Debbie Rennie 2017-04-18T20:16:49.37 Innocent people shouldn't have to live life in fear of anyone.
2813 Steve Farquhar 2017-04-18T21:55:02.18 Without suitable alternatives on offer private childcare needs to be made more affordable and accessible for working ...
2845 Toni Harris 2017-04-19T07:06:41.723 Coming off antidepressants gave me worse withdrawals than coming off diazepam. I found tapering just pro longed the w...
2823 Margaret Watson 2017-04-19T09:54:50.917 There needs to be protection for people from this.
2813 lesley browne 2017-04-19T10:12:56.997 The cost of childcare is already prohibitive: the majority of my monthly salary already goes towards my son's nursery...
2813 Gordon Calder 2017-04-19T16:13:45.437 The rate rises will feed thro to working parents, the nurseries will have to pass on the increase in one form or anot...
2823 Tom lockhart 2017-04-19T18:14:12.657 Good luck irene. hope the laws change.
2813 Alison black 2017-04-19T19:56:53.833 This seems unfair & Could make private nursery even more expensive resulting in less families being able to afford th...
2813 Andrew Buchan 2017-04-19T21:13:34.11 I find this utterly shocking and disgraceful to target hard working families in the manner they are doing,\r\nDisgust...
2845 Margaret Stratton 2017-04-19T21:20:40.673 I am pleased to see someone has taken the initiative here.
2823 Donna 2017-04-19T22:26:46.65 There needs to be more protection on this and also non harassment orders. Because it seems nothing gets done to the ...
2813 Rosie Elliot 2017-04-19T23:07:58.14 It is ridiculous that the Scottish Government talk about and write a Blue Print that continually talks about affordab...
2813 Lorraine Menzies 2017-04-20T13:50:23.927 I try my best to keep nursery fees as low as possible for parent's. I also believe staff are the most important part ...
2813 Greta Mulhall 2017-04-20T13:59:40.85 Our daughter is paying exorbitant nursery fees for our two granddaughters in Edinburgh...she cant afford them now so ...
2823 Marie 2017-04-20T14:10:07.177 It's about time people are held to account for their actions...
2813 Michael Powell 2017-04-20T14:23:05.96 Grossly unfair and unhelpful
2813 Elvera Geen 2017-04-20T14:23:08.26 Cost of childcare is already prohibitive. High quality childcare should be accessible to all.
2813 Jennifer Campbell 2017-04-20T15:01:19.42 Rates are a huge monthly cost. It would be good to reduce this. Costs are handed down to Parents. With increased pre-...
2813 Linda Pirie 2017-04-20T15:04:03.75 Private nurseries are hit hard in that unlike other businesses they CANNOT claim back VAT, they are rated higher than...
2813 Karen Riozzi 2017-04-20T15:05:09.153 I have a nursery in a rural area and keep my fees as low as possible. I have increased them only twice, for a small ...
2813 Leanne Mutch 2017-04-20T15:24:47.71 Private childcare is already expensive without these excessive rate rises. I thought the idea was to do more to help ...
2813 Gary Harrison 2017-04-20T15:46:07.12 This increase will have to be passed on to parents causing an increase in childcare costs. This will not help workin...
2813 Kellie Macleod 2017-04-20T16:11:22.903 Parents cannot afford higher nursery fees. It becomes unsustainable to work. Working parents pay taxes already so nee...
2813 Lucy 2017-04-20T16:38:50.797 Increasing the overheads faced by private sector nurseries undermines the 'principles of quality, flexibility, access...
2813 Alana Farmer 2017-04-20T17:55:04.99 I cannot believe that with the government's drive to close the attainment gap and increase childcare provision that t...
2813 Rachel 2017-04-20T18:38:06.96 The cost of childcare is already expensive and with this increase a lot of hard working parents will have no option b...
2813 Lottie m 2017-04-20T19:04:49.383 Working parents are all ready paying enough for nursery fees which I believe are perfect to the level of care on offe...
2823 Tammy Davis 2017-04-20T23:29:22.183 Changes need to be made. Well done for standing up.
2813 Nicola Moore 2017-04-21T02:12:22.453 Signed
2823 Evelyn Jones 2017-04-21T09:18:18.007 Where is justice
2845 Pauline Dove 2017-04-21T09:19:21.44 This is a vital issue which needs to be addressed so that the use of these drugs and the unprecedented number of peop...
2823 Evelyn Jones 2017-04-21T09:20:43.58 Innocent people shouldn't have to live their life in fear looking over there shoulder .
2823 Lorraine richardson 2017-04-21T09:23:58.22 This needs stopping people need to live without being in fear
2813 Saima Kiyani 2017-04-21T09:33:51.673 I tootally agree that nurseries should not have this rates increase
2813 Ruth Dewar 2017-04-21T10:05:13.56 At a time when the private sector nurseries are under extreme financial pressure, support by abolishing or radically ...
2845 Sachi Yamabe 2017-04-21T10:41:41.77 I am 6 years antidepressant-free and 55 months benzo-free. Withdrawal symptoms continue to be physically and mentally...
2813 Rachel Sutherland 2017-04-21T17:47:22.257 If nurseries are to be supported, an increase in business rates goes against this.
2813 Jo maunder 2017-04-21T20:44:54.17 The councils are getting richer