HC Deb 05 July 1989 vol 156 c441 12.42 am
Mr. Geoffrey Lofthouse (Ponterfract and Castleford)

I wish to present a petition which reads: To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled, The Humble Petition of patients of a general practitioner's in Pontefract, showeth The patients of the practice, believe that the Health Service as it exists outside the private sector is under threat and could collapse. Wherefore your Petitioners pray that your honourable House will urge the Government to withdraw the White Paper "Working for Patients And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray. The petition is signed by 1,800 people, and it has my full support.

To lie upon the Table.