§ Mr. ShurmerI beg leave to present to this honourable House a humble Petition signed by 16,250 citizens of Birmingham and district who consider that the coach services of Northern Roadways, Ltd., have been fulfilling a long-felt need and that the decision recently taken by the Minister of Transport to ban these services between Birmingham and Glasgow is unfair to the public and to the company as well: The Petition concludes:
Wherefore your Petitioners pray that steps may be taken with all expediency to allow the services to operate.And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray.To lie upon the Table.