E-Petition for BMD access

[Hodgkiss]

How much work do you think is involved in producing the certificate ?   Would you do it for that ?  Don't forget that the £7 includes postage, which is pretty good for this country, and an absolute bargain for those outside the UK.  Can someone remind me - how much do the Americans and Australians charge for their certificates, and do they have a 5 day turnaround ?

What. Scan, print, put in an envelope and then send....

Sounds like a hard day work to me.....

No, Locate, Scan, print, put in an envelope and then send....

And if you work for £7 a day, you should seek a better job !   

Seriously though,  I doubt whether the hourly pay for clerical assistants in the NA are much less than £11 an hour, and to that you have to add the costs of storing the records and the upkeep of the machines that produce the printed copy.  Sure, I'd like to pay £2 for a certificate, but I'm a business owner and a realist.

Well good for you!

unlike you,  the every day person can't afford £7 a time for certificates.  I think its a fair comment for people to want them cheaper.

[Tsu]

If every time somebody bought a certificate, they added the details as a notem on Free BMD, I'm sure far fewer certificates would need to be purchased.

[terry h]

That's because the English subsidise the Scots to the tune of £1500 per head 

'What's this got to do with BMD's and Genealogy'  and here was me thinking this was a friendly site

Terry

[Roobarb]

It's up to 1,684 now. Lots of people obviously don't think it's a waste of time.

[Nick29]

That's because the English subsidise the Scots to the tune of £1500 per head 

'What's this got to do with BMD's and Genealogy'  and here was me thinking this was a friendly site

Terry

It was relevant to the discussion, and there was nothing unfriendly about it.  I was merely repeating something which has been discussed at length by Members of Parliament for quite a few years now. 

[Guy Etchells]

It's up to 1,684 now. Lots of people obviously don't think it's a waste of time.

Perhaps seeing the response to a very similar type of petition which in fact did not require a change of law or substantial sums of money to be invested will focus people's minds
http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page14568

Cheers
Guy

[terry h]

That's because the English subsidise the Scots to the tune of £1500 per head 

'What's this got to do with BMD's and Genealogy'  and here was me thinking this was a friendly site

Terry

It was relevant to the discussion, and there was nothing unfriendly about it.  I was merely repeating something which has been discussed at length by Members of Parliament for quite a few years now. 

  I fail to see the relevance between 'discussing the concept with folks who research in Scotland' on the cost of BMD's and access to records re genealogy and a political article in the Telegraph from April 2008 re the fact that the English 'subsidise'  Scotland to the tune of £1500 per head. I don't know why you felt the need to show the Telegraph article in this context but I'll leave it there, it's not the place for English/Scottish politics.

Terry

Apologies to others  I didn’t mean to highjack this thread and I agree that in England you should have full access to the records.

[Roobarb]

It's up to 1,684 now. Lots of people obviously don't think it's a waste of time.

Perhaps seeing the response to a very similar type of petition which in fact did not require a change of law or substantial sums of money to be invested will focus people's minds
http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page14568

Cheers
Guy

Fair enough but as others have said, nothing ventured nothing gained. Also it's good to let the government know what we think, even if it doesn't achieve our objective.

[griz]

Tsu, good idea! we should all do that.