§ Mr. Laurie Pavitt (Brent, South)I beg to ask leave to present a petition on behalf of my constituents and many others in the London borough of Brent and adjoining boroughs, which showeth
That the proposals of the British Railways Board to discontinue all railway passenger services between Marylebone and Northolt Junction and from the following stations: London (Marylebone), Wembley Complex, Sudbury and Harrow road, Sudbury hill, Harrow, inter alia, will impose an unacceptable degree of hardship; will cause congestion on both road and rail for travellers; will lead to an increase of public expenditure in the years ahead and the issue of the final closure notice during the main holiday period is a secretive and undemocratic manner of removing important rail facilities.Wherefore your petitioners pray that your honourable House will use its influence upon British Rail to give more time for protesters to make their views known and to urge the Minister of Transport to withhold his assent until he is fully satisfied that not only the hardship for travellers but the social and economic consequences of the proposed closures have been fully assessed.And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray etc.
§ To lie upon the Table.