McMillan Invites Inverclyde Constituents to Scottish Parliament

Stuart McMillan MSP, (SNP) has today (Wednesday) invited Inverkip residents and WindowBlindSafe founders John and Pat Astley to the Scottish Parliament building to inform Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) about their safety product.

Mr McMillan recently met with Mr and Mrs Astley and on the back of said meeting asked if they would come to the Scottish Parliament to brief MSP’s and make them aware of their window blind safety product which aims to create a safer environment for children in the home.

Horrified by the growing number of child deaths, John and Pat decided to try to do something about it. They conceived, developed, tested and launched WindowBlindSafe, financing the entire project themselves. They have also launched a campaign for Zero Deaths from window blind cords and chains in 2011.

Mr McMillan said;

"Any child death is a tragedy, therefore, preventing such deaths in the home is something we should all be aiming for.

"After meeting with Mr & Mrs Astley I was heartened with what they are doing to alleviate this problem.

"Therefore, I thought it was important for MSP’s to have an understanding of what WindowBlindSafe is doing to create a safer environment for children in the home."