§ Lieut.-Colonel Bromley-DavenportI beg leave to present a petition, signed by 16,908 citizens residing in the north-west of England, including many residents of Cheshire, referring to the urgent need for a major improvement in road communications in that area.
The prayer of the petitioners is as follows:
Wherefore your petitioners pray that to ensure the early completion of adequate modern roads in and serving Lancashire and other parts of North-west England, arrangements shall be made forthwith to raise a special road loan to provide the necessary funds during the period required to carry out the essential work under a comprehensive and scientifically planned scheme, so avoiding the delays and frustrations which have proved to be inevitable under the present system of financing road works by means of annual grants.And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray.
§ Dr. StrossI have been asked to present a similar petition on behalf of 39,129 persons resident in the Potteries, Staffordshire and Lancashire. It refers to the subject-matter already dealt with in the petition presented by the hon. and gallant Member for Knutsford (Lieut.-Colonel Bromley-Davenport), and, therefore, I think I may spare the House and end by saying:
And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray.
§ Mr. Anthony GreenwoodI should like permission to present a petition on similar lines, signed by 89,000 persons resident in Lancashire, pointing out that the delay in carrying out the necessary road improvement work in the county is detrimental to its prosperity. The prayer of the petition reads in similar terms to 360 that of the hon. and gallant Member for Knutsford (Lieut.-Colonel Bromley-Davenport), and ends:
And your petitioners, as in duty bound wilt ever pray.
§ Petitions to lie upon the Table.