§ Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)With permission, I would like to submit a petition from constituents in the Vale of York, expressing their protest against the proposed pylons across the North Yorkshire countryside. The petition has attracted 1,128 signatures and addresses specifically health and other risks. I hope that the petition will convince Ministers of the need to research the health effects of emissions from overhead power lines on people living nearby. The petitioners declare
that we object to the decision to allow electricity pylons to be erected in the constituency, and fear that they might be dangerous to our health.The Petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urge the Secretary of State for Health to commission government research into the health effects of emissions from overhead power lines on those living nearby.
§ To lie upon the Table.