§ Mr. BrockwayMr. Speaker, with your permission and that of the House, I wish to present a Petition, which is signed by 26,000 people, headed by Bertrand Russell. The signatures have been collected within three weeks, but are presented now as it is a matter of urgency. The Petition is addressed to the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled. It is the humble Petition of 2 persons residing in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
As the Petition is short, I will read it. It sheweth:
Wherefore your Petitioners pray, etc.
- 1. Nuclear tests in the atmosphere are dangerous to people throughout the world, cause death and injury to many persons and cannot therefore be justified for any purpose.
- 2. Tests at Christmas Island will constitute criminal acts against humanity, similar in quality to those perpetrated by the Russian Government in its recent test series, by harming untold numbers of innocent persons who have no say in or power over such acts.
- 3. Continued tests in Nevada may cause injury to persons unknown and will provide an excuse for further nuclear tests by other Powers.
§ To lie upon the Table.