Petitions

Peter Bone Excerpts

Wednesday 12th September 2018 Commons Chamber

[Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con)]

If you ever drive to Wellingborough and park, Mr Deputy Speaker, you will find that you will not be charged. That is one of the great things about the borough council.

[Mr Deputy Speaker (Sir Lindsay Hoyle)]

Like Chorley.

[Mr Bone]

Just like Chorley.

There is a large car park opposite my parliamentary office, so I have to declare an interest in this petition, but nothing I say refers to my view of the situation. That large car park is free, and it is proposed that houses be built on it. Many of my constituents are upset about that, 5,000 of them have signed a petition, and we had public meeting in the Pork Pie church.

The petition is presented by Councillor Jonathan Ekins, Claire Ette and Rev. Martha McInnes, and states:

The Humble Petition of residents of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire and the surrounding area,

Sheweth,

That the Petitioners believe that the proposed sale of the Jackson Car Park, should be refused on the grounds of the loss of public parking in the area which will have an enormous effect on local businesses, doctors surgery, the chemists, the Salvation Army, the Afro Caribbean Association, the Daylight Centre, the Society of Friends, the Job Centre and the United Reformed Church.

Wherefore your Petitioners pray that your Honourable House urges the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Borough Council in Wellingborough to take in account the concerns of the petitioners and refuse to grant the sale of the Jackson Lane Car Park to a private developer.

And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray, &c.

[P002263]