§ Mr. Harry Barnes (Derbyshire, North-East)I wish to present a petition on behalf of the residents of Barrow Hill in my constituency, who have been organised by Margaret Tighe of 23 Hill Grove, Barrow Hill, against the poll tax. It says:
To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled. The Humble Petition of the Residents of Barrow Hill, Stavely, Chesterfield, sheweth that legislation to introduce a poll tax will: Place an unbearable financial burden upon your petitioners; Subsidise wealthy people at the direct expense of others; Create fear and despondency amongst those who cannot pay; Disfranchise many who will be frightened to claim their right to vote; Destroy the democratic freedom of your petitioners to elect local Councillors who can act with a degree of independence from the power of the central state.Wherefore your petitioners pray that your Honourable House will take measures to repeal the Poll Tax legislation.And your petitioners as in Duty Bound, will ever pray, etc.
§ To lie upon the Table.