§ Mr. Charles Kennedy (Ross, Cromarty and Skye)On this day of action in support of our ambulance drivers and crews throughout the country—action which has focused on Westminster as well—it is with very great pleasure indeed that I present a petition signed by 40,000 people from all parts of the country in support of the case which the ambulance men are putting forward and urging the need for a speedy resolution of the dispute. They say:
Wherefore your petitioners pray that your Honourable House urge the Secretary of State for Health to use the good offices of ACAS and agree to arbitration in order to end this unnecessary dispute; and urge the Secretary of State to provide a pay formula for the Ambulance Service similar to that for the other emergency services.
It is my very great pleasure, on behalf of the 40,000 who signed this petition, to present it formally to the House.
§ To lie upon the Table.