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§ Dr. Edmund Marshall (Goole)With your permission, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House, I beg leave to present to the House a petition signed by 466 of my constituents relating to National Health Service pay. The signatures on the petition were collected from members of the general public during recent days of protest action by National Health Service employees in the town of Goole. The petition reads:
To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled.The humble Petition of the undersigned residents of the Goole Parliamentary constituency sheweth:—That present rates of pay of National Health Service staff are totally inadequate in view of the present cost of living.Wherefore your Petitioners humbly pray that your Honourable House will do all in its power to urge the Government to make an increased offer or to refer the matter to arbitration.And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray, etc.
§ To lie upon the Table.