Petition Discussions

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Petition ID Commenter Date Comment
3048 john Ferrie 2018-05-31T08:36:48.907 If getting it right for every child does indeed lie at the heart of Scottish educational philosophy then this must al...
3003 Jurgen MacGregor 2018-05-31T08:48:20.36 It would be a great shame for Scotland NOT to preserve Culloden and the surrounding areas where good scottish jacobit...
3048 Fiona Morison 2018-05-31T09:00:35.887 It is widely accepted that learning a musical instrument is beneficial to development acrisd the curriculum. Instrume...
3048 Educational Institute of Scotland 2018-05-31T09:26:16.89 The EIS, Scotland's largest teaching union with over 50,000 members, fully supports this petition. We are facing the ...
3048 George McCaig 2018-05-31T09:27:18.507 Two generations of family have benefited greatly from Music Tuition in school.
3048 Jacqueline Blackwood 2018-05-31T10:00:36.473 I was brought up in West Lothian. I played percussion all the bands minus the string orchestra and I wouldn't have ha...
3048 Andrew McGarva 2018-05-31T10:17:57.873 Scotland has a rich heritage of producing some of the most talented musicians - many of whom would never have been ab...
3048 Anna Ludwig 2018-05-31T11:25:35.977 I am a certified music therapist. Without my free instrumental lessons at Biggar High School throughout the 1980s I ...
3048 Orlaith Payne 2018-05-31T11:41:08.453 The ability to play an instrument, to read a piece of music and to understand the meaning behind a piece of music is ...
3003 robert cairns 2018-05-31T11:58:38.643 You have my support in any way to stop work around or near Culloden Battlefield.
3003 Heather Edward Henderson 2018-05-31T12:15:24.64 All Scottish Heritage should be protected even if the cost is high.
3048 Jill Andrew 2018-05-31T12:27:56.703 Without instrumental tuition at school in P&K I'd never have had so many opportunities. playing with PYO and Perthsh...
3003 Matthew Donnachie 2018-05-31T12:38:19.487 It really is becoming shameful that the general public are forced to object to quite obviously wrong decisions over b...
3050 Lindsey Patrick 2018-05-31T14:25:12.727 A member of my family suffers from this and has gone since she turned 12 Scotland do not have virtual education and w...
3048 Ellen Bogie 2018-05-31T14:30:21.37 Music was the thing that made me equal despite my physical disabilities. This opportunity should the right of all ch...
3048 Suzanne Ritchie 2018-05-31T14:30:41.12 The benefits of playing and performing music - for mental health, confidence, friendships, skills development, mental...
3014 donna close 2018-05-31T14:33:46.93 ..informed choice...\r\nwhen parents and families have their human rights removed by a gov then we will demand an inq...
3003 Mairi MacKinnon 2018-05-31T15:07:11.703 This is a site of huge historical importance and should be protected at all costs!
3048 Gavin Duffy 2018-05-31T15:56:39.537 Creative industries are becoming more and more important as automation grows.
3003 Michael Marcinczak 2018-05-31T16:31:28.62 We saw the fields in 2006 ... a wonderful journey in Scotland ... These historical important places should be protec...
3050 Flora Alexander 2018-05-31T16:57:42.483 A friend's daughter, in Scotland, is suffering from ME.
3048 Anne Kinnell Wilson 2018-05-31T17:04:20.53 We cannot afford to allow access to music tuition to become an elitist privilege when it should be a fundamental righ...
3048 Kevin Dobie 2018-05-31T17:10:07.303 Music is essential and should be valued far more highly
3050 Patricia Brown 2018-05-31T17:19:36.813 I've suffered from M.E. over the past 25 yrs.
3050 Rebecca Sears 2018-05-31T17:38:43.357 Cure ME. I've suffered this for over 60 yrs.
3048 Cole Stewart 2018-05-31T17:41:15.113 Every child or young person should be allowed the opportunity to learn an instrument.
3048 David Worton 2018-05-31T17:51:55.217 Government can ramble on about equity all they like, let's see some action rather than pointless equity funds.
3048 Georgina Thacker 2018-05-31T18:05:31.643 In a society where we are recognising mental health issues for children, we must hold on to the areas where children ...
3048 Val Cooper 2018-05-31T18:32:25.027 The ability to learn to play a musical instrument should be available to all children, regardless of financial status...
3048 Iain lambie 2018-05-31T18:52:36.397 Music, releases tension, uplifts body and mind and needs to taught and widely available to support relaxation, stress...
3048 Eric Wilson 2018-05-31T19:10:59.057 As a retired Adviser in Music, Dumfries and Galloway, I am shocked and saddened that the present generation of childr...
3048 Morag Hunter 2018-05-31T19:14:08.463 As a retired primary teacher I saw how important music was to my pupils in giving them confidence and sheer joy.
3048 Morag Hunter 2018-05-31T19:15:32.32 As a retired primary teacher I saw how important music was to my pupils in giving them confidence and sheer joy.
3050 Lucinda Byatt 2018-05-31T19:28:09.457 This is an essential and long-overdue review into the funding of research into ME which offers the chance for Scotlan...
3048 Louise Lenaghan 2018-05-31T19:45:06.95 Music is in our core. Everyone should be able to experience and appreciate music in all forms including musical instr...
3048 James Douglas Clark 2018-05-31T19:56:32.873 Both my children have greatly benefited from music tuition. I've been very lucky to have been able to afford this but...
3048 Marisa Giannasi 2018-05-31T20:09:07.04 The creative arts cannot become an elitist subject and this decision will make it so. Music and art has been a health...
3048 Marisa Giannasi 2018-05-31T20:10:37.603 The creative arts cannot become an elitist subject and this decision will make it so. Music and art has been a health...
3048 Carol Guthrie 2018-05-31T20:21:38.947 The music instructors at my school do more than just teach music to the children- they bring joy, nurture hidden tale...
3047 Leanne Kennedy-Bingham 2018-05-31T20:29:48.713 No parent should have to go through the unthinkable however sadly until further research answers the question of why ...
3048 Lynne Pryde 2018-05-31T20:36:57.99 Total disgrace that there are charges for children to learn to play a musical instrument. Music should be free for all!
3048 Jacqueline Kay 2018-05-31T20:40:25.357 Our children have a right to music education. NO to music cuts.
3048 Kelly Anderson 2018-05-31T20:43:21.013 Music is vital, it enhances a child's learning. It teaches them to read another language which is universally used. I...
3048 Derek Manson-Smith 2018-05-31T20:43:56.937 My son received free tuition and the loan of a cello at his state primary school in the 1980s, which he continues to ...
3048 Andrew Dickie 2018-05-31T20:50:03.06 The current state of affairs is nothing short of appalling and I believe if anything meaningful is to come of this, m...
3003 Marilyn Ruta 2018-05-31T21:03:03.133 stop to destroy your heritage!\r\nit's a shame and it's totally disrespectul for Scottish history
3003 Donna McLachlan 2018-05-31T21:03:22.65 Scottish Heritage sites should be protected without question
3048 Dennis Hamilton 2018-05-31T21:24:02.487 No child should be financially excluded from this unique form of self-expression. Free for all who wish to explore th...
3048 Joseph Taylor 2018-05-31T21:42:26.81 Music is important for everybody
3048 Kayleigh Bohan 2018-05-31T21:43:56.647 This is horrific - please don't make music the sole right of those who can afford it. I was lucky enough to have free...