§ Mr. LambornWith your permission, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House, I wish to present a petition on behalf of the mayors, aldermen and burgesses of the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Southwark. My hon. Friends the Members for Greenwich (Mr. Barnett), Lewisham, West (Mr. Price), Lewisham, East (Mr. Moyle), Woolwich, East (Mr. Cartwright) and Woolwich, West (Mr. Hamling) wish to be associated with me in presenting this petition.
The petition sheweth
That these authorities wish to express their concern at the continuing decline of industry in London, in part brought about by successive Governments through the implementation of office location and industrial development certificate policies; at pockets of unemployment in South London masked by the generally favourable conditions of South-East England; at the discrimination against London in certain investment policies; at the possibility of a reduction in the exemption limits for Industrial Development Certificates from 10,000 to 5,000 square feet; at the seeming indifference of successive Governments to the effects of their policies on employment prospects in London.The petition is under the common seal of the respective councils and signed by their mayors, leaders and chief executive officers.
§ To lie upon the Table.