Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to make funded early learning and childcare on a cross-local authority basis a legal right across Scotland, so no family is denied access to the childcare setting that works for them because of an arbitrary council boundary. National action is needed to prevent local authority cost-cutting from restricting parental choice and disrupting children’s care and development.
Petitioner: Hannah Murison on behalf of National Day Nurseries Association
Status: Under consideration
Date published: 16 July 2026
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SPICe Briefing (153KB, pdf) posted 20 August 2026
24 September 2026: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government to ask that they consider the actions called for in the petition in the context of wider public service reform. The Committee also agreed to write to COSLA, Connect, and the Centre for Public Policy at the University of Glasgow seeking their views on the petition.
Meeting of the Public Petitions Committee, 24 September 2026
PE2229/A: Scottish Government written submission, 7 August 2026 (122KB, pdf) posted 20 August 2026
PE2229/B: Petitioner written submission, 14 September 2026 (110KB, pdf) posted 15 September 2026