Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE01549 · Session 4

Concessionary Travel Passes for War Veterans

Closed Submitted 9 Jan 2015 Transport
Signatures
0
103 online signatures with a country
Comments
9
Considered
5 meetings
in the Official Report

What it asks

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to ensure that all war veterans that are in receipt of a War Disablement Pension can get Concessionary Travel passes.

What the petitioner did first

I have petitioned the following for many years:
Gordon Brown MP
David Torrance MSP
Cllr Charles Haffrey, Fife Council Armed Forces Champion
Nicola Sturgeon MSP
Keith Brown MSP
Transport Scotland
Fife Council

Where it was considered

Official Report
  1. 31 Mar 2015
    Public Petitions Committee
    New Petitions
    1 mention
  2. 9 Jun 2015
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention
  3. 6 Oct 2015
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention
  4. 8 Dec 2015
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention
  5. 9 Feb 2016
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention

Signatures by country

103 online signatures
  1. Scotland74 71.8%
  2. United Kingdom17 16.5%
  3. England11 10.7%
  4. Norway1 1%

Comments

9 comments, oldest first
  1. William Cummings 7 Feb 2015
    Disgraceful we have to petition for this
  2. Kenneth Yates 9 Feb 2015
    Scotland differentiates itself by demonstrating that it cares for its people. Let's get this done.
  3. joe jackson 9 Feb 2015
    its the least that they can do for any veteran, infact more should be done to help veterans
  4. Alex wilson 10 Feb 2015
    I AM assets as being 82% disabled and for the last two years I have not been allowed to have a companion on my card because I don't have full rate DLA so my card is not used as much as I can because it is easier to use the car I have told Scottish transport I have full mobility on my war disability pension as a result of a gunshot wound when I was in the Falklands but they say it makes no difference as the rules say top rate DLA or attendance allowance is this fare to take it away after I have gotten used to having it
  5. derek Hughes 10 Feb 2015
    Veterans should be given this. The cost will be minimal in relation to other funding..ie foreign and social issues
  6. Robert Shields 11 Feb 2015
    The very least we can give for their service
  7. Christiaan W von Hesse-Nassau 11 Feb 2015
    Ex Black Watch, as was my Great Grandfather. War veterans give much more than we can imagine.
  8. Tom Speirs (Ex Black Watch) 20 Feb 2015
    Most worthy cause, just a pity the Government of the day hadn't implemented this already.
  9. Robert Hunter 22 Feb 2015
    its not much to ask the government to give after what so many veterans gave this country