§ Sir L. PlummerWith your permission, Mr. Speaker, I beg to present a humble Petition against the Rent Bill from several hundred people in my constituency of Deptford, to be exact, 2,000, which co-incidentally is exactly the number of families who will lose their protection against their rents being raised. These citizens of a hard working and important borough resent the Bill, which not only takes away their security, but is designed to lower their standard of living by extracting from their quite undue rewards to landlords.
And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray.
§ To lie upon the Table.