PE01834: Urgent funding for Citizens Advice Bureaux

I believe that the Civil Law Legal System is unfit for purpose. Poor people cannot afford Lawyers. Access to a court or a judge is not necessarily the same as Access to Justice. Judges of the Inner House fully agree that the Civil Law is wholly unfit for purpose. In Court on 20 April 2018, after consulting with two other judges, Lady Paton suggested to the participants that they return to the Parliaments and to MSPs to ask for "Root and Branch changes to the Legal System..... Civil Law". The judge said in this hearing: "Judges are Drowning in Procedures" and their "hands are tied". How much more so citizens with out legal help, surrounded by skilled adverseries who, I believe, are interested in Winning, money, but not interested in Justice. 'Root and Branch' means the whole tree of the law needs changing.

Caroline Kenneil

22:01 on 04 Dec 2020

CAB has given a lifeline to many, otherwise despairing of solving their problem.

Mhairi Matheson

10:23 on 27 Nov 2020

We need the CAB offices where else are people going to get free advice? Also Why is Scotland not a option? I detest having to put the UK.

Paul Wilson

17:24 on 26 Nov 2020

I had to make use of CAB a few years back now but I do not know what I would have done without them. This service should be fully funded by government.

Rachel McMenemy

7:49 on 26 Nov 2020

I have used the cab find them very helpful, we need this to be kept opened and should be funded.

Elizabeth Youngson

1:12 on 26 Nov 2020

The task of the public institutions,in a democratic nation, is to remove the obstacles of an economic and social nature which, by de facto limiting freedom and equality, prevent the full development of the human person and the effective participation of all workers in the political, economic and social organisation of the nation

Francesco Brunelli

2:29 on 20 Nov 2020

As someone who had to make use of CAB services recently, it is a valuable service and should be fully funded by the Scottish Government.

Jim Farquharson

12:25 on 19 Nov 2020

Citizens Advice Bureaux serve all Scottish people and are of vital importance to the most disadvantaged. Do you agree that they should be funded to ensure people can get the help and support that they need?

Christine Murdoch

12:06 on 18 Nov 2020

Many years ago I had reason to use the services of the Citizens Advice Bureaux. The help I received was excellent, for which I was very grateful. With the present state of affairs in this country due to the coronavirus, any reduction in the services of the C.A.B. is unacceptable and should be resisted. I would urge the Scottish Government to do all they can to assist this valuable service and provide funding which is so urgently required.

John H. Ferguson

22:38 on 17 Nov 2020

I fully support this petition. This is a vital service and even more so now during the pandemic. CAB needs to be supported, so that they in turn can support our most vulnerable Scottish citizens.

Angela Cousins

23:45 on 15 Nov 2020