This is important because bullying affects thousands of children across the UK and whether it be in, primary, secondary or college it can affect them greatly. When I was in school I was bullied very severely and it led to many future problems that I then had to deal with myself because of the bullies I had. Bullying can lead to a variety of different problems from anxiety to self harm. I myself when through self harm and am still dealing with it now, three years later, I am so far beating the urge, but the feeling is still there and I hate to think that so many other children are going through the same thing that I went through. There is a statistic that shows 1 in 30 children self harm, which works out 1 child per classroom, which to me is an outrage and if stopping bullying or at least doing more to prevent it, can reduce that statistic, I think a lot more children would be happier. Bullying doesn't necessarily mean a child will self harm, but I feel that if you are bullied is does knock your confidence, no matter who you are, it will knock you. If schools started to put in place real policies and procedures for bullying, like a zero tolerance rule and go through with real consequences then bullying will cut down. When i was in school I would often go to my headteacher with the fact that i was being bullied, and nothing was ever done about it. It got to the point where my mum would call in, but still nothing was done. I feel like this probably happens for a lot of other students, and I think school staff should take it a lot more serious than they do and actually do something when a student comes to them about being bullied. Children are often too scared to go and tell someone, children should be able to feel like they can talk to someone if they're being bullied. I would like to start this campaign against schools dealing with bullying. Eventually i would like to be able to go into schools and do talks about bullying, and maybe ask children to fill in a confidential survey about bullying with questions such as: Have you ever been bullied? Have you ever bullied someone? Has there been any consequences for your bullies? Has there been any consequences because you bullied someone? Has there been any consequences on yourself as a person because you've been bullied? What do you feel when you bully someone? Do you get anything out of it? I could then use these surveys to get statistics to use in other talks and to help show the severity of bullying in certain schools. This is an issue very close to my heart as i don't want children to have to feel the same way that I did when I stepped into school and to have to face the same issues that I did. I know the world is never going to be rid of bullying completely, but if i can at least make a small change in some schools across the UK, it would give me a great sense of achievement and i feel like it would benefit a lot of children.

For some self employment is chosen, for others, in this current climate, it is the only way of having an income, for some adoption is chosen and for others it is their only chance to have a family. An independent report by Julie Deane OBE recommends that self employed people should be given the same rights as those that work for an employer. This has been seen by parliament and so far ignored. I am proud to be self employed, I am also very much looking forward to starting my family however and whenever it happens but I know that without the same support the my employed friends get, we could struggle. This is unfair. The current government is very proud of the rise in self employment. It is one thing that has made the unemployment figures look better over the last few years. The entrepreneurial spirit is something to be proud of. It is time to bring adoption, maternity and paternity pay for self employed people in line with that of employees.

These children are suffering they are orphaned They have been suffering for weeks We have a human duty to look after suffering innocent children They are no threat to us or our country We have to be a helping hand to those who are can't help themselves We cannot ignore this matter with more talks about nothing we are to take action

As a recovering gambler with an online addiction to bingo sites/slots I spent over £70,000 In four years and was suicidal. The adverts advertising Gambling on TV glamourize gambling all singing all dancing with an untrue reality, using quotes like "friends who play together stay together" so NOT true. The adverts target young and vulnerable and in the current climate make out this will get people out of poverty and financial hardship. They entice people in with offers like deposit £10 we'll give you £60. This is a hook to get people in and addicted. I understand not everybody who gambles will be addicted but support for those who do get addicted WHERE IS THE SUPPORT. These sites take millions and are based out of the UK to dodge Tax don't let the industry destroy life's as it does. STOP ADVERTISING ON DAY TIME TV.

I, like many others, have made genuine marriages with partners of foreign nationality. Now the usual Tory punitive and inept legislative abilities are making it impossible for men and women to live together in the UK since the introduction of the new laws. The hoops you need jump through, the breaches of privacy, and the exorbitant cost of the free market argencies to cover the issuance of a legitimate spouse visa are designed to stop it happening and achieve the publicity of decreased immigration numbers only, whatever the cost to those UK citizens with genuine family concerns. Read more https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/kirsten-han/britains-new-visa-laws-are-breaking-families-and-hearts

Because too many cafes are cutting size but not prices. And same in shops and supermarkets. It is important - it is cheating consumers.

These actions are being called for by Stop TTIP MCR, Global Justice Manchester and 38 degrees Manchester for the following reasons: 1. The EU and USA launched negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) in July 2013. These negotiations are underway to determine which goods and services TTIP will apply to and if new rules can be agreed to protect investors, harmonise standards, reduce tariffs and open new markets throughout the EU and USA. TTIP could therefore have a detrimental impact on local services, employment, suppliers and decision-making. 2. The EU’s food, environmental and labour standards are better than those in the US but due to the regulatory cooperation involved in TTIP there is a threat to these standards being lowered. TTIP negotiations must raise and not lower these standards across the EU and USA. 3. TTIP is accompanied by other so-called trade deals: CETA (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement), between the EU and Canada, and TiSA (Trade in Services Agreement), between more than fifty countries worldwide. 4. There has been no impact assessment about the potential impact on local authorities. Sourcing supplies and employment locally is important to strengthening local economies and meeting local needs. A thorough impact assessment of TTIP, CETA and TiSA on local authorities must be undertaken before the negotiations can be concluded. 5. There has been no scrutiny of the negotiating texts by local government and no consultation with local government representatives. Any negotiations with potential societal and environmental consequences as controversial as those of TTIP, CETA or TiSA should be subject to public debate and scrutiny. 6. The negotiations are being undertaken in secrecy with only minimal information being shared with the public 1. 7. MPs are also unable to scrutinise the negotiating documents. 8. The alleged economic benefits of TTIP are based on economic models which are wildly optimistic 2, and that other economic models have suggested that TTIP will lead to a major reduction in GDP and a loss of up around 600,000 jobs in the EU 3. 9. A growing number of NGOs and public interest groups are strongly critical of the potential effects on labour standard, food safety, and the environment of standardising EU and US regulations of trade and production. All trade unions in the UK strongly oppose TTIP, CETA and TiSA. 10. The incorporation of an investor state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism into TTIP and CETA will allow private firms to sue government for imposing laws and regulations that might threaten their actual or potential profits, irrespective of the public interest. ISDS in other trade deals has been used to sue countries attempting to put cigarettes in plain packaging, or to renationalise health services 4. Local decision-making must be protected from ISDS. 11. 97% of responses to a public consultation on the ISDS element of TTIP conducted by the EU Commission were opposed to the mechanism 5. 12. That TTIP, CETA and TiSA will strengthen multinational corporations in relation to populations in both the global north and global south. Furthermore, TTIP is set to create a blueprint for future trade and investment agreements, which threatens to further lock in corporate dominance of the global economy 6.

Many people working in heavy manual and industrial jobs, and many women who expected to retire aged 60 started working full time aged 16 or less, their life expectancy is generally much less than people who started work later in life. They have also exceeded the maximum number of qualifying years N.I contributions by nearly 50%

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.