§ Mr. ProudfootMr. Speaker, I beg to present a humble Petition of the Covent Garden Tenants' Association which has been signed by the chairman, vice-chairman and secretary. The Prayer to the Petition reads:
Wherefore your Petitioners pray your Honourable House that the Bill be not amended so as to restrict the powers of the Covent Garden Market Authority in carrying out the functions and duties imposed on them by the Bill and that they may be heard by themselves their Counsel or Agents before the Committee of your Honourable House to whom the Bill has been referred against any alteration of the Bill which may be detrimental to the property rights and interests of those whom they represent.And your Petitioners, as in duty hound, will ever pray, etc.
§ To lie upon the Table.