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§ Dr. Oonagh McDonald (Thurrock)I beg leave to present a petition, Mr. Deputy Speaker, and ask that you direct the Clerk at the Table to read it.
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The Clerk Assistant read the petition, which was as follows:
To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled.
The Humble Petition of David Frederick Charlton sheweth:—
(1) that the Petitioner is the solicitor representing Edward Milne, a former Member of your Honourable House;
(2) that an appeal has been brought in the Court of Appeal against a judgment of the High Court of Justice Chancery Division in an action brought by the Distributive and Allied Workers;
(3) that in the said appeal an issue arises as to the relationship between Members of Parliament who are sponsored by Trade Unions and their sponsoring unions;
(4) that on 14 October 1975 the House ordered to be printed a Second Report from the Committee of Privileges on a complaint concerning a Resolution of the Yorkshire Area Council of the National Union of Mineworkers;
(5) that the above Report printed as aforesaid related directly to the issue referred to in paragraph (3) hereof and reference is desired to be made by your Petitioner in the appeal referred to in paragraph (2) hereof to the Report.
Wherefore your Petitioner prays that reference may be made in the appeal presently proceeding in the Court of Appeal referred to herein to the said Report and that leave be given to the proper Officers of the House formally to prove the same according to their competence.
And your Petitioner, as in duty bound, will ever pray, etc.
§ David F. Charlton
§ 1 Euston Road
§ London N.W.1
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Ordered,
That leave be given for reference to be made to the said report and for the proper Officers of this House to attend the said proceedings and formally to produce and to prove the same according to their competence.—[Dr. McDonald.]