§ Dr. Brian Iddon (Bolton, South-East)I want to present a petition on behalf of 342 people of Bolton who have either suffered long-term mental illness or who are friends or relatives of such a person, which seeks to protect their welfare benefits. It reads:
The petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons1) Seek clarification from Government as to the plans that are being proposed and ask the Government to recognise the levels of concern and anxiety that the proposals have caused to people.2) Urges the Secretary of State for Social Security to look for alternative ways of addressing the costs of the welfare state in preference to victimising the most vulnerable members of our society.
§ To lie upon the Table.