HC Deb 05 July 1955 vol 543 c923
Mr. Allaun

Mr. Speaker, I have to present a petition on behalf of citizens of Manchester and Salford. The petition bears the signatures of 10,728, and it shows that the grief of parents whose children die in the Armed Forces is aggravated by the financial cost of bringing the coffins to this country and burial here when so desired, and that the burden on the Government of meeting these expenses, particularly as compared with total defence expenditure, would be trifling. The petition concludes: Wherefore your petitioners pray that your honourable House should call upon the Government to bear the cost of transporting the coffin and burial at home of any Service man or woman who dies while serving at any station designated 'home posting,' if the parents so desire. And your petitioners will ever pray, etc.

To lie upon the Table.

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