§ Mr. Nick Raynsford (Greenwich)I present a petition signed by 7,000 residents of the London borough of Greenwich and parents of children in Greenwich schools. The petition expresses concern and anxiety about the damaging effect of cuts in the education budget on the education of their children. The petition has been prepared by the Campaign Against Cuts in Education in Greenwich. I pay tribute to the campaign's unstinting efforts to ensure that their children can enjoy the high-quality education they deserve.
The petition
sheweth That Government cuts in Local Authority Funding and decisions on Standard Spending Assessment are damaging the way in which Education is provided in the London Borough of Greenwich. Wherefore your Petitioners pray that your Honourable House does everthing in its power to obtain a fair Standard Spending Assessment for the London Borough of Greenwich in order that our children's education as well as other vital services do not suffer further cuts. And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray etc.
§ To lie upon the Table.