Petition Discussions

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Petition ID Commenter Date Comment
3731 Jacqueline Arnold 2021-02-24T18:58:38.903 Some people with MS cannot walk the 20 metres you are judging all the same it needs to be taken into account when peo...
3731 Margaret Baillie 2021-02-24T18:59:37.913 This is not a realistic measure of ms suffers disabilities as it can vary from day to day
3731 Margaret Baillie 2021-02-24T19:00:36.197 This is not a realistic measure of ms sufferers disabilities as it can vary from day to day .
3731 Jenny Hardy 2021-02-24T19:11:04.28 This 20m rule is ridiculous. One day a person with MS may be able to walk this far but another day will find it impos...
3731 Lianne Wilson 2021-02-24T19:11:34.687 The 20m rule is outdated and a disgusting attempt at making people with hidden disabilities fight for any support. Fo...
3731 Red O'Brien 2021-02-24T19:12:32.12 My wife cannot walk 1 metre with out help and needs a wheel chair. seen this with pip, had to lift her out of her whe...
3731 Penny Copley 2021-02-24T19:16:40.78 Please do not consider the 20m rule for people with fluctuating incurable diseases such as MS. I have done as reques...
3731 Fiona Murdoch 2021-02-24T19:16:57.26 This rule tells you so little about what life is like for any MS sufferer. We are ALL different but all are waging wa...
3731 Kim Bridges 2021-02-24T19:17:36.64 I do believe the 20 metre rule should be removed as ms can vary from minute to minute and is very disabling.
3731 David Edmiston 2021-02-24T19:19:54.09 The 20m rule affects others with a range of conditions affecting mobility. It is arbitrary and often measured surrept...
3731 Ronald Parker 2021-02-24T19:27:49.173 THE 20 METRE RULE IS DISGRACEFUL TO APPLY THIS TO MS SUFFERERS.
3731 Liz white 2021-02-24T19:31:07.793 There is so much more to ms than focusing on this 20 meter rule. So needs to be removed,
3731 George Fenwickt 2021-02-24T19:35:07.42 The 20 metre rule ignores varying disabilities like MS and needs to be scrapped as a guide people should be judged as...
3731 Janis Fox 2021-02-24T19:41:21.423 This penalises many people, who are already suffering MS. Let's be realistic it should be scrapped.\r\n
3731 Clara Fenwick 2021-02-24T19:42:54.487 The 20 metre rule is not only arbitrary & \r\ndiscriminatory, but displays a complete \r\nlack of education or unders...
3731 Fiona Symonds 2021-02-24T19:47:00.827 It is frustrating for us to get from the car to our home, shop, hospital and doctors if often more than 20 meters. 20...
3731 Sarah O'Brien 2021-02-24T19:47:21.613 People with multiple sclerosis might not be able to walk 20 metres unaided or unassisted. There's no dignity in the a...
3731 Meg Cardy 2021-02-24T19:49:45.533 The 20 metre rule needs to be removed now. What are people supposed to do when they've walked the 20 metres?
3731 Eleanor Cooke 2021-02-24T19:53:17.203 This 20m rule should be removed as illness and disability does not go by rules.everyday can be different as to a pers...
3731 paula halkic 2021-02-24T19:59:21.407 as i am trained to fill benefit forms in and i have ms myself the 20metre rule should be removed and the individual a...
3731 Martina Nicholl 2021-02-24T20:12:49.813 Scrap the 20m rule....every day is different for us MS sufferers
3731 Patricia Cordery 2021-02-24T20:14:12.317 The 20 metre rule needs removed. This is not a realistic measure for MS sufferers. The ability to move varies on a d...
3731 Wendy Thomas 2021-02-24T20:16:49.923 I have had multiple sclerosis for twenty years but for the last 4 to 5 years I need friends or family close to me whe...
3735 Leslie Wallace 2021-02-24T20:20:00.647 Sensible alternative solution!
3731 Paul Reay 2021-02-24T20:20:41.487 The 20 metre rule does not make sense at all.
3731 Frank D Howe 2021-02-24T20:25:59.8 The constant reassessment and other hassle those that already have enough problems in their daily life disgusting. Wh...
3731 Fraser Kirkland 2021-02-24T20:35:16.863 As MS symptoms can change, asking people to perform a 20m walk is simply discrimination.
3731 Fiona McDonald 2021-02-24T20:35:33.68 I live in South Wales but was born and raised in North Lanarkshire. I know many people living with MS who would suffe...
3731 Sarah Carrs 2021-02-24T20:46:21.117 This is not realistic as symptoms vary from day to day, sometimes I can't walk across the room!!
3731 Ann Partington 2021-02-24T20:49:57.837 My sister has MS and I know some days she struggles to get around the kitchen table and that's even when holding onto...
3731 Ann Partington 2021-02-24T20:50:50.96 My sister has MS and I know some days she struggkes to get around the kitchen table and that's even when holding onto...
3731 Rebecca Main 2021-02-24T21:03:01.857 Ms isn't as straight forward as other illnesses
3731 Ailsa Marshall 2021-02-24T21:05:53.437 Totally agree.
3731 John Anderson Hodge 2021-02-24T21:09:03.217 My wife died of MS, each day was different, it's a hellish thing for anyone to get, this 20 meters should be scrapped.
3731 Elizabeth Gilmour 2021-02-24T21:17:42.34 Totally ridiculous way to measure disability. I have MS. 20 metres is manageable most days but with extreme effort ...
3701 Charles James Gibb 2021-02-24T21:34:22.883 I support the use of these and other relevant requirements to demonstrate responsible land use management
3731 Judith Cotter 2021-02-24T21:41:20.487 Having MS and living with the pain and disability it brings the 20metre rule needs removing.
3731 Annette Farmer 2021-02-24T21:51:55.427 I have Secondary Progressive MS and the 20m rule needs to be scrapped. No days are the same with MS I can probably w...
3731 Mehmet Halil 2021-02-24T21:55:38.027 On a bad day my wife cannot take a single step and I have to pick her up off the floor or carry her to bed. This test...
3731 Jacquelinr Brown Edwards 2021-02-24T21:55:54.083 20mtr is possible some days and other days an impossibility. Unfair to people with ms !
3731 Margaret Kellett 2021-02-24T22:11:10.57 As MS is variable in time and duration a single assessment of a person cannot be used to set the level of disability.
3731 Sharon trainor 2021-02-24T22:18:45.447 Stop making people feel like their a fraud!!
3731 Stephen Musgrove 2021-02-24T22:22:59.51 The 20 metre rule definitely needs to be scrapped, every MS sufferer is totally different, you may be able to walk 20...
3731 Beth Thomson 2021-02-24T22:26:27.157 MS is such a variable condition, the 20 m rule penalises people with MS.
3731 David Beale 2021-02-24T22:27:12.433 I have MS and after a dozen years on DLA with a hand-control car I have now lost this due only to the 20M rule in the...
3731 Stuart Wilson 2021-02-24T22:33:13.933 The 20m rule is not fit for purpose. MS is a variable condition and someone's ability to undertake tasks will fluctua...
3731 Jude Cotter 2021-02-24T22:52:54.293 The 20 metre rule should be removed. It is an insult to those who suffer with MS.
3731 Timothy Pimlott 2021-02-24T22:55:31.567 As many have said already MS is at once unpredictable, variable and in many cases invisible.\r\nI am virtualy always ...
3737 Roddy Maclean 2021-02-24T23:03:49.953 No earnings since 18th December, taxi bills still got to be payed. How can I keep going? Stay home, stay safe means n...
3731 Amanda Bailey 2021-02-24T23:06:32.217 MS is an un predictable disease and can change from one day to the next, this needs to be taken into account and the ...