§ Mr. Andrew Welsh (Angus)I am presenting this petition on behalf of the Hospitalfield area residents committee and the residents of the Hospitalfield housing estate in Arbroath, who wish to protest against the environmental problems with which they have been confronted over many years and seek action from the Government to investigate, cure and solve those problems. The petition is signed by members of the Hospitalfield area residents committee—Mr. and Mrs. Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Dear, Mr. Bill Kerr and Mrs. Meldrum—and has the backing of 688 members of the wider local community.
The petition reads:
The Petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urge the Secretary of State for Scotland
- (1) to take whatever steps may be necessary to stop this pollution from continuing, and
- (2) to ensure that an investigation takes place into how this situation came about and into why it has been allowed to continue for more than two and a half years.
And the Petitioners remain, etc.
§ To lie upon the Table.