Rural Fair Share Campaign Debate

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Rural Fair Share Campaign

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Monday 4th November 2013

(11 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Stephen O'Brien Portrait Mr Stephen O’Brien (Eddisbury) (Con)
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I am presenting a petition in the same terms as that of my hon. Friend the Member for Beverley and Holderness (Mr Stuart) on behalf of 490 residents of the Eddisbury constituency in Cheshire. I am totally confident that they represent the tens of thousands of rural and village residents in the Eddisbury parliamentary division.

The Petition of the residents of Eddisbury.

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Sarah Newton Portrait Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth) (Con)
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I will be brief so that my remaining colleagues can present their petitions. I am handing in a petition, from a number of constituents in my very beautiful constituency of Truro and Falmouth, in the same terms as the one that has been so well presented by my colleagues.

The Petition of the residents of Truro and Falmouth.

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David Ruffley Portrait Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds) (Con)
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I am handing in this petition in the same terms for a considerable number of constituents from the great, historic constituency of Bury St Edmunds in the county of Suffolk. In particular, the signatories are from the villages around the two towns of Needham Market and Stowmarket. The petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urge the Government to reduce the rural penalty in staged steps by at least 10% by 2020. May I add that I trust that Ministers will do a lot better than that?

The Petition of the residents of Bury St Edmunds.

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