§ Mr. Laurie Pavitt (Brent, South)I beg leave to present a petition regarding the National Health Service cuts in jobs and services in the London borough of Brent. The petition is headed by members of my district health authority and is followed by nearly 6,000 signatures which, unfortunately, fall outside the strict wording decreed by the House.
There is grave concern throughout my constituency about the action of the north-west Thames region in threatening the dismissal of local representatives if they do not toe the line.
The petition states:
That the threatened cuts in the National Health Service budget will both restrict and damage health care in our community and increase unemployment.Wherefore your Petitioners pray that your honourable House will urge Her Majesty's Government to withdraw forthwith all demands for the loss of the Health Service or jobs.And your Petitioners as in duty bound, will ever pray.
§ To lie upon the Table.