§ Mr. A EvansMr. Speaker, with your permission, I wish to present a Petition signed by 2,400 persons, all of whom live near the Angel in King's Cross, in the Metropolitan Borough of Islington, in the County of London. The Petitioners complain of unsatisfactory housing conditions. They point out that the local housing authorities are unable adequately to help them, that their distress is considerable, and that the Rent Bill now before Parliament will add to their distress. The Petition concludes with these words:
Wherefore, your Petitioners pray that the Bill be so amended that tenants shall not be evicted from their homes unless equivalent alternative accommodation is provided; that rents shall not be increased unless dwellings are in good and habitable repair with reasonable amenities; and that in default of these amendments the Bill should be rejected.And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray.
§ To lie upon the Table.