§ Mr. AshleyWith your permission, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House, I beg to present a Petition signed by no fewer than a quarter of a million members of the Disablement Income Group and others.
Their Petition states that
There exist in our society large numbers of disabled people of all ages for whom inadequate provision is made by society.Their Petition concludes:Wherefore your Petitioners pray that the House of Commons give urgent consideration to the designing and introduction of a well-structured national disability income with components to compensate for the loss of ability to earn and for the extra expenses of disabled living.And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray.
§ To lie upon the Table.