§ Mr. Tom Clarke (Monklands, West)On behalf of my constituents at Coatbridge college, including the principal of the college, the lecturer and students of the college, I wish to present a petition to the House which invites the House to use its influence to seek the repeal of the Act of Parliament which will lead in turn to the community charge or poll tax which my constituents believe will be of considerable disadvantage especially to students and student nurses.
The petition
Sheweth that the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act provides for the introduction in Scotland of the system of Community Charge or Poll Tax which will impose upon the people of Scotland a system of local taxation which will take no account of the ability of the citizens to afford such taxation and will cause hardship to many who are already poor.The Community Charge or Poll Tax will cause the redistribution of resources away from poor areas into areas which are already prosperous.Wherefore your petitioners pray That your Honourable House do all in its power to ensure the repeal of the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act.And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray.
§ To lie upon the table.