§ Mrs. KnightI have the honour, Mr. Speaker, to present the humble Petition of undergraduates of the University of Birmingham, and friends of the same.
The Petition sheweth
That Lydia Mikhailovna Vins, a citizen of Kiev in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, who is advanced in years and in poor health, is at present serving a prison sentence in the USSR because of her Christian faith …Wherefore your Petitioners pray that Members of the House of Commons will do all in their power to publicise the suffering endured by Christians in the USSR, particularly the present suffering in prison of Lydia Mikhailovna Vins; that they will make known to the Soviet authorities the fact that her imprisonment is believed to be unjust, unlawful and inhumane; and that they will make every possible effort to secure the release from prison of the said Lydia Mikhailovna Vins.And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray.
§ To lie upon the Table.