§ Mr. Terry Davis (Birmingham, Hodge Hill)I wish, Mr. Speaker, to present a petition which has been signed by 380 people. Each person is a householder, and therefore I am presenting a petition on behalf of 380 families.
The people concerned live in three housing action areas which are known as the Berry housing action area, the Chartist housing action area and the Membury housing action area in my constituency.
In their petition, my constituents express their concern about the deterioration in the environment of the housing action areas. They also express their concern about the inability of the city of Birmingham council to provide the funds which are needed for essential work to be done on the homes of people who live in those housing action areas.
The petition concludes:
Wherefore your Petitioners pray that Honourable Members of the House of Commons should ask the Secretary of State for the Environment that he should increase the Housing Investment Programme of the City of Binningham Council to make it possible for this work to be done.And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray etc.
§ To lie upon the Table.