HC Deb 13 August 1913 vol 56 c2473
Mr. PONSONBY

I desire to present Petitions signed on behalf of largely attended meetings held during the suffrage pilgrimage at Banbury, Oxford, Thami, Twyford, Slough, Maidenhead, Reading, Newbury, Carnarvon, and Bangor, demanding the extension of the Parliamentary franchise to women.

Mr. T. E. HARVEY

I desire to present a Petition from a meeting held at Rotherham, 4th July, 1913, in support of the constitutional demand for women suffrage, believing that the exclusion of women from the Parliamentary franchise is unjust and contrary to the principle of representative Government, and begging that your honourable House will remove this injustice without further delay.

Lord ROBERT CECIL

I desire to present Petitions in connection with the recent pilgrimage of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, praying for the removal of the disability from women in regard to the Parliamentary franchise from Glastonbury, Richmond (2), Kingston, Surbiton, and Coombe.

Mr. SANDERS

I desire to present a Petition from a meeting held at Bridgwater praying the House to remove the the electoral disabilities of women at the earliest possible date.