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§ Mr. Robert G. Hughes (Harrow, West)I beg to ask leave to present a petition to the House. It is signed by 420 of my constituents and says that the Abortion (Amendment) Bill, which proposes to reduce the upper limit for abortions, will, if enacted, restrict women's choices, endanger their health and open the door to further attacks on the Abortion Act 1967.
I present this petition to the House as an expression of a small minority view in my constituency, but the people who express it are entitled to have me present their petition.
I have a second petition which I present on behalf of 480 people in the constituency of Harrow, East, and I do so on behalf of my hon. Friend the Member for Harrow, East (Mr. Dykes). It is in the same words and to the same effect as the petition from the people of Harrow, West.
To lie upon the Table.