This is important as Scotland has the chance to become one of the leading small countries in the world. At the moment we are being held back by the London centric attitude that pervades everything at Pacific Quay. We demand real change.

A change back to plastic child proof bottles which could be recycled would lead to lowering the cost of medicines to the NHS and also reduce the impact of the waste generated from the current packaging methods on the environment. Plastic recyclable packaging is also more easily opened by elderly people or those with arthritis and other debilitating health problems.

This is important because I believe there is not enough investment in either of these services and the people of our country do not need to stand by and let politicians dither over the future of them, when we, as a country can help.

It is important because there are STI's that could kill and if we don't learn about them in school we wont know how to deal with them, also young adults and teens are likely to get pregnant and if they don't learn about the risks or protections it could be dangerous.

Stirling Council seriously proposes to change the name of a street in the area currently called Corn Exchange to Queen Elizabeth Road. If they do, it seems only fair to change HER name to Corn Exchange.

With the UK about to determine its future in the EU, clear, unambiguous factual information is of the essence for the electorate to make that decision. The decision by the government to restrict documents from the ministers who oppose the governments view is a gagging operation. The censored information could be vital to this coming referendum, and consequently denies the electorate of the facts requisite to make an informed decision.

Non smokers should not have to breath in smoke exhaled from smokers. Passive smoking is dangerous for our health. Second hand smoke can cause cancer, Heart disease, stroke and breathing problems. For a non smoker it is very unpleasant to be breathing in other peoples tobacco.

We recognise and welcome the need for free speech on social media but we also acknowledge that hate speech is not free speech. It is simply not acceptable for a person to tell malicious lies about entire communities for the sole purpose of her own self promotion. Katie's comments on the Islamic faith do not just offend they endanger the safety and well being of innocent people going about their business.

Without this funding, two generations are disadvantaged: young parents who want to improve their education and skills, and their children who will also miss out on valuable early years education before age 2.

Bristol is now the second most congested city in the UK and pollution kills nearly 200 people a year. Yet in the last 3 years just 1 km of truly protected cycleway has been built. Bike Life survey shows that in Bristol – 80% of people support increasing the safety of cycling 70% of people want to see more spent on safer cycling infrastructure The next Council needs to make a comprehensive network of safe, connected cycle routes.a priority.

BT / Openreach have been promising fibre-optic broadband to rural communities in Pembrokeshire for a long time, and yet installation dates keep getting pushed further back because we are simply not a priority. As customers we cannot just switch provider, because the majority of rural communities have old-fashioned BT exchanges, a fact that not only means we are caught in a monopoly trap, we actually pay more for our services than areas which do have other suppliers. Enterprise and entrepreneurship are big buzz words in our county at the moment, but how can successful businesses be built when our Internet speeds barely pass 3 mbps? We need more choice, and better service!

‘At a time when councils are struggling with ever deeper cuts to our budgets, it makes sense that we use our spending power to favour companies that pay their taxes. After all, it is companies’ and individuals’ tax payments that ultimately fund council budgets. I hope that councils across the UK will agree – and adopt policies similar to Oxford City Council’s.’ Jean Fooks, Councillor for Summertown Ward, Oxford According to Christian Aid’s Sourced campaign Councils spend billions of pounds each year on goods and services. This puts them in a powerful position to insist on minimum ethical standards from the companies that they do business with. calls on local councils to introduce tougher questions about tax compliance when they buy goods and services from private companies. HMRC calculated in 2013 that the UK itself is losing in the region of £30bn, of which £9bn was estimated to be unpaid tax by big businesses[i]. However the official figure is likely to be conservative and a separate estimate by tax expert Richard Murphy puts tax avoidance(legal) at £19.1bn for 2013/14 [ii]– the amount pencilled in for cuts to our schools, hospitals and other services over the next four years[iii]. This figure is separate from tax debt of £18.2 and the still larger figure of £82.1 for tax evasion (illegal). Tax avoidance and evasion by big multinational companies also hurts local small and medium-sized companies that pay more tax proportionately. This means they cannot compete on a level playing field with multinational companies. The harmful impacts of tax avoidance and tax evasion are found not just in the UK. Christian Aid has highlighted the damaging effect of corporate tax evasion and avoidance on the world’s poorest countries. Tax dodging is costing these countries up to US$300bn each year – far more than they receive in aid. Case study: Experian is used by the majority of UK local authorities to provide information, data collection and analysis,15 especially for detecting cases of fraud. 50% of Experian’s subsidiary companies are based in tax havens,16 including Costa Rica,17 Delaware (USA), Ireland and Jersey[iv] [i] Measuring tax gaps, 2013 edition: Tax gap estimates for 2011-12, HM Revenue & Customs, 2013, p4,www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/249537/131010_Measuring_Tax_Gaps_ACCESS_2013.pdf [ii] Tax Research UK 2014 : The Tax Gap [iii] Guardian 18-Jan-2016: The Cayman Islands – home to 100,000 companies and the £8.50 packet of fish fingers [iv] Christian Aid Campaign Sourced