§ Mr. Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull, North)I wish to present a petition to the House on behalf of the retired members of the Transport and General Workers Union in my district. The petition reads as follows:
To the honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled. The humble petition of Retired members of the Transport and General Workers Union in the City of Kingston upon Hull sheweth.That the legislation based on the "Reform of Social Security"—"Programme for Action" White Paper would be extremely detrimental to the residents of the United Kingdom who are in receipt of Social Security benefits. Wherefore your petitioners pray that your honourable House do not pass legislation arising out of the "Reform of Social Security" White Paper. And your petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray, etc.The list of signatures is headed by Mr. Jack Webster, president of the retired branch of the Transport and General Workers Union in my area, and contains over 1,600 signatures. Although the Government may not do much about the matter, following the result in Fulham yesterday, we can be sure that the next Labour Government will remedy the defects of this legislation.
§ To lie upon the Table.