§ Mr. Michael LathamWith your permission, Mr. Deputy Speaker, and that of the House, I wish to present a petition signed by about 12,000 ratepayers and electors in the Melton parliamentary constituency.
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The petition sheweth
That the increase in local rates in the area of the two local authorities within the Melton Parliamentary Constituency for the year 1974–75 is onerous in extent and is causing hardship and financial difficulty to ratepayers therein, and that the hardship has been increased by the decision of Parliament to redistribute the Rate Support Grant domestic relief subsidy, to the great disadvantage of your petitioners.
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The prayer of the petition reads as follows:
Wherefore your petitioners pray that an immediate inquiry be set up to advise the House of Commons on sources of Local Government Finance alternative to the present rating system; and that, as an immediate measure of relief, a Bill be introduced into the House of Commons to transfer the whole cost of teachers' salaries to the Exchequer.
§ The petition ends in the customary way, with the words
§ And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray.
§ To lie upon the Table.
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