§ Mr. David Amess (Basildon)I beg to ask leave to present part of a petition which has been signed by thousands of my constituents, the sentiments of which I fully support. The prayer of the petition is as follows:
To the honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled. The humble petition of residents of Basildon showeth that the proposals of the Basildon and Thurrock District Health Authority to remove from Basildon Hospital its maternity, gynaecological, paediatric and special baby care services and centralise at Orsett 893 would be in the very worst possible interests of the people of Basildon. Wherefore your petitioners pray that your honourable House will take all such measures as lie within your power to persuade the Basildon and Thurrock District Health Authority to abandon these proposals for reorganisation, and your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray.
§ To lie upon the Table