Andrew Stephenson (Pendle) (Con)
This petition is from the residents of Nelson, Lancashire, and the surrounding area. It is signed by more than 500 residents.
The petition states:
The Petition of residents of Nelson, Lancashire, and others,
Declares that there is a need for a post box outside the main Post Office in Nelson.
The Petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urges the Government to encourage Royal Mail to take all possible steps to ensure that a post box is provided outside the main Post Office in Nelson.
And the Petitioners remain, etc.
[P000924]
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con)
Last week, I had the great pleasure to attend a protest meeting in Little Harrowden about the No. 24 bus—or lack thereof. We nearly overflowed into the car park because there were so many people there. A petition has been given to me to present to the House to get Little Harrowden reconnected with Wellingborough. With your permission, Mr Speaker, I shall read the petition to the honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled.
The petition states:
The Humble Petition of residents of Little Harrowden, Northamptonshire and the surrounding areas,
Sheweth
That the decision by Stagecoach bus company to eliminate most of the bus services between Little Harrowden and Wellingborough due to cut backs in subsidy from Northamptonshire County Council has led to considerable hardship to the old, disabled, vulnerable and young in isolating the village from Wellingborough and necessitating a difficult and dangerous walk along a busy and partly unlit road.
Wherefore your Petitioners pray that your Honourable House urges the Secretary of State for Transport to liaise with Northamptonshire County Council and the Borough Council of Wellingborough to find a resolution that will lead to the Number 24 bus service being re-established between Little Harrowden and Wellingborough.
And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray, &c.
[P000925]
Andrew George (St Ives) (LD)
I am proud to present a petition of more than 6,000 residents of west Cornwall, which was gathered by my constituents who have been, and remain, justifiably concerned about the Government’s Health and Social Care Bill. They have gathered support for their petition over the past few months, before and since the Government’s “pause and listen” process. They look forward to the formal outcome of that process and hope that the Government will have been encouraged to scrap the Bill and start again. I have also been given a disk copy of a similar petition undertaken by 38 Degrees. That amounts to a total of 300,000 signatures.
The petition states:
The Petition of residents of West Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and St Ives, and others,
Declares their opposition to the Health and Social Care Bill currently before Parliament as it will take away their single Cornwall National Health Service and replace it with consortia led by GPs. Further, the Bill will allow the increased involvement of profit-led companies in our health service.
The Petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons rejects the Health and Social Care Bill.
And the Petitioners remain, etc.
[P000926]