A BRAVE mum battling to save lives in memory of her ten-year-old son will take her fight to the Scottish Parliament today as her campaign to change the law enters the home straight.

Kathleen Orr will go in front of an influential group of MSP in a bid to persuade them to back her calls to introduce 'Jayden's Law'.

She is hoping to persuade the public petitions committee to back her call for all large new building to be legal required to have a public access defibrillator.

Her campaign comes only a year after her son Jayden collapsed and died while ice skating.

Since then his family have launched a charity in his name and joined the Tele on Show Some Heart campaign to put a life-saving machine in every school in Inverclyde.

Kathleen, 43, from Port Glasgow, will face the committee with her husband John, supported by Inverclyde MSP Stuart McMillan.

She said: "It is shocking that we have fire extinguishers in buildings to save a life but we don't have defibrillators. It just isn't right.

"I am Jayden's voice but I am also speaking for all the other people in Inverclyde and everywhere else who have had a cardiac arrest and died suddenly. I know of four in Inverclyde alone.

"Jayden's Law can make a massive difference."

Following Jayden's tragic death last August, his parents, sister Kerri and brother Declan vowed to make sure that Jayden's name lived on.

The youngster lost his life after collapsing at a rink in North Ayrshire. A defibrillator was never used and the family do not know if it would have saved him.

His devastated mum wanted him to be the inspiration to save others and launched a charity in his name.

She says: "We want Jayden to live on through helping others. I don't want another family to go through what we suffered."

They launched Jayden's Rainbow and have so far raised thousands of pounds to put defibrillators in almost all of Inverclyde's schools.

The family are also raising awareness of the need for defibrillators to be registered with the Scottish Ambulance Service.

With the backing of Mr McMillan, they launched a petition asking for a change in the law to put defibrillators into new builds with a floor space over 7,500 square metres.

Kathleen hopes that goal will be a step closer after today.

She added: "I am so nervous, but I have been busy preparing to speak and get our message across."

Most recently the family visited St Andrew's Primary in Larkfield, pictured, to hand over a defib alongside Mr McMillan.