§ Mr. HaymanI beg to ask leave to present a Petition, spontaneously organised by Major, Mrs. and Miss Garby-Turner of Redruth, in my constituency, and of Richmond, Surrey. Deeply moved by the widespread and protracted suffering inflicted on the rabbit population through the deliberate spreading of myxomatosis and by the dangers implicit in this type of germ and virus warfare, they organised a Petition which was signed by 126,000 people within a few weeks. The prayer of the Petition is as follows:
Wherefore your petitioners humbly pray that legislation be introduced to make illegal the deliberate spreading of myxomatosis, and your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray.To lie upon the Table.