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Petition ID Commenter Date Comment
3048 Neil Wilson 2018-06-12T21:25:56.81 Music has value that cannot be simply reduced to a need to save money. It's equally as important as math, language a...
3002 John Neil Kitchener 2018-06-12T21:30:37.107 Scottish Canals seem to ignore their statutory obligation to maintain navigation along the lowland canals, preferring...
3048 Peter Barlow 2018-06-12T21:43:59.56 There's ample evidence that music, especially from a young age, results in better learning in numeracy and physical s...
3048 Mollie Kerr 2018-06-12T21:55:42.707 Please stop charging for music tuition. East Lothian Council passed charges today after admitting to no consultation ...
3048 Tommy Sharkey 2018-06-12T22:07:12.833 This is a basic right. We all benefit from music. We can't continue to 'throw things out the hot air balloon'. Build...
3048 Phil Pirie 2018-06-12T22:07:46.537 My music experience start at primary school in 1971 and continues till today playing in brass bands. We cannot lose o...
3078 Donna Hutchison 2018-06-12T22:07:50.253 Agree
3072 Katharine Elwis 2018-06-12T22:08:11.94 Mull and Iona are in desperate need of adequate GP provision. Help us now before there is a tragedy.
3048 Norman Robinson 2018-06-12T22:11:07.253 I believe that music is a vital part of life and should be encouraged in all children and adults.Free classes give al...
3048 Caroline Smith 2018-06-12T22:11:13.52 Music is central to the culture of Scotland, and should not be available only to the privileged few.
3048 andrew mcdowell 2018-06-12T22:19:03.16 Musical education should be made available free of charge to all school children.
3048 Emma Holmes 2018-06-12T22:31:28.053 A cut to these services is counterproductive and so hard to reverse. In my working week as an instrumental teacher I ...
3048 John Lally 2018-06-12T22:31:40.113 Music enriches everybody. Give everyone the chance to make music.
3003 Mr Andrew Jones 2018-06-12T22:33:57.383 The land of Scotland is steeped in history. There should be no development on historical battlefields on Scottish soi...
3048 Jacqueline Campbell 2018-06-12T22:37:38.46 Having 4 young children who have all started music tuition, love it and show aptitude, you are now forcing them to gi...
3003 Martin Morrison 2018-06-12T22:37:44.523 Show some pride. Have some care. Learn to respect the past. Please
3048 Judith Paley 2018-06-12T22:39:22.287 MSPs were very supportive when we were campaigning at council level. We have avoided harsh cuts but had to accept fee...
3048 Neil Gillies 2018-06-12T22:43:23.62 The charges have already had a devastating effect. Remove charges immediately!
3048 Susan Kelso 2018-06-12T22:46:47.527 Music is a unique way of buiding confidence, self esteem & inner resilience - giving this opportunity to all children...
3048 Katie Bacon 2018-06-12T22:51:25.79 Music tuition should be made available to all children who have an interest in the subject, I feel so lucky to have b...
3048 Cairn Robertson 2018-06-12T23:01:27.18 To exclude children from a musical education due to financial circumstance is in no way in keeping with the Scottish ...
3048 Adelaide Carlow 2018-06-12T23:07:25.217 Why should the opportunity to express oneself emotionally, and develop self-confidence through musical experience be ...
3048 Anne Lindsay 2018-06-12T23:11:54.387 Learning and appreciating musical instruments are not and never should be, a luxury of the few. Much is gained by lea...
3048 Graeme Seawright 2018-06-12T23:34:34.203 The local authorities should be spending our money on things our youth need. Music tuition is vital and should be av...
3048 Pamela Soencer 2018-06-12T23:36:20.127 I benefitted enormously from having the opportunity to learn a musical instrument at school from P4, so much so I cho...
3048 Ciara Webb 2018-06-12T23:38:05.86 The Sistema project in Raploch speaks for itself. The research shows better outcomes not just for the kids but for th...
3048 Jim Hay 2018-06-12T23:39:59.533 Great cause to support
3048 Lorna Murray 2018-06-12T23:44:31.827 Every child should have the right to access free music tuition. Children have diverse skills and should be able to pu...
3048 Alyson Connell 2018-06-12T23:46:49.687 Music, a core subject in S1 and S2, is now not a choice for Nat 5 for those students whose parents cannot afford any ...
3048 Alyson Connell 2018-06-12T23:54:25.923 Music is now an elitist subject. Those who cannot afford private lessons on top of the extravagant fees being charged...
3048 Jane Corrigan 2018-06-13T00:49:00.413 Very sad and short sighted as music enriches lives and reaches parts that other subjects don't! A lot of kids respond...
3014 Jacqui cotton 2018-06-13T01:09:55.123 A step towards totalitarianism. Try focusing on health, education, etc all the areas suffering under SNP control. Ju...
3048 Kathleen Doyle 2018-06-13T05:52:22.063 Music is so important.
3048 Bill Scott 2018-06-13T05:56:36.643 Poor children should not be denied music tuition. Education should be free.
3048 Allison McIntyre 2018-06-13T06:19:08.273 Music is important as academic studies and should not be considered a luxury,
3048 Sarah Ball 2018-06-13T06:30:43.74 This will be the only opportunity many children will have to play a musical instrument and will see the disappearance...
3048 Morag Malcolm 2018-06-13T06:51:22.43 music tuition is so important. Music formed s huge part of my upbringing as my Dad was a tutor. Through this it was n...
3048 Maureen Binnie 2018-06-13T06:57:14.277 Music instruction is a vital part of school curriculem for those many pupils interested and indeed talented. Music l...
3048 Anne Douglas 2018-06-13T07:17:24.23 Music is vital therapy for some children it needed in today,s society more than ever
3048 Alan Hannan 2018-06-13T07:44:40.407 Music education ought not to be available only to those who can afford to pay for it.
3048 Helen Anderson 2018-06-13T08:00:56.053 How short sighted the Government pundits are. Untold mental health benefits being thrown away. \r\nDirect contraventi...
3048 Catherine McLaughlin 2018-06-13T08:01:10.783 I agree that music lessons should be free
3048 Leah Hamilton 2018-06-13T08:04:07.033 Music changes lives - it's not just something that's "nice" to have, it's as vital as the air we breathe.
3048 June Chedzey 2018-06-13T08:16:52.007 Everyone should have a chance
3048 Lindsay Dixon 2018-06-13T08:27:14.32 Music tuition is important in the lives of so many and many would be unable to access thia if this decision is carrie...
3048 Natalie Reid 2018-06-13T08:39:01.82 There are children who may not be good at maths or English but great at music, they need the opportunity to discover ...
3014 Talia Goldberg Geller 2018-06-13T08:58:03.887 Frightening to think a government would want so much control over families
3048 Ciara McCumiskey 2018-06-13T09:35:40.313 Learning to play an instrument in school was the most valuable thing I was ever taught and was something we would nev...
3048 Gill clark 2018-06-13T09:51:17.613 Kids deserve the chance to play music and if gifted pursue a career without financial obstacles
3048 Jeanne Sowinski 2018-06-13T10:16:49.647 I have benefited from free tuition many years ago at school in Glasgow (Bellahouston Academy) and went on from.there ...