§ Mr. Win Griffiths (Bridgend)I underline the wishes of my hon. Friend the Member for Ogmore (Mr. Powell) to you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, and the staff for a happy recess.
Like my hon. Friend, I am introducing a petition from the residents of Ogwr. As my hon. Friend mentioned, the constituency of Bridgend is in the catchment area of the Princess of Wales hospital. My petition has 5,000 signatures attached to it and it is a result of an initiative of the community health council. The petition contains the signatures of elected representatives of the Labour and Conservative parties, other parties, and of people of no political party in the Ogwr area. I have much pleasure in presenting the petition, which states:
To the Honourable Commons of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament Assembled.The Humble Petition of the Residents of Ogwr Showeth:—That it is proposed by the Mid Glamorgan Health Authority to remove Phase II of the Princess of Wales Hospital from the ten year capital programme despite assurances that Phase II would start when or soon after Phase I was completed in 1985 and that we the undersigned, protest vigorously at the failure of the Health Authority to complete the Princess of Wales Hospital to the detriment of patients and staff who are currently contending with the difficulties of providing care on split hospital sites.Wherefore your petitioners pray that your honourable House do urge the Secretary of State for Wales to meet Mid Glamorgan Health Authority to discuss jointly the means by which Phase II of the Princess of Wales Hospital can be restored to the ten year capital programme and work start on plans in 1991/2 as was intended this time last year.And your petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray.The first name on the petition is that of Curwen Roberts of Coedmor, Cefn Cribwr, in the village in my constituency where I live.
§ To lie upon the Table.