HC Deb 27 July 1999 vol 336 c225

10 pm

Mr. Bob Russell (Colchester)

I wish to present a petition in the name of my constituent, Mrs. Susan Brooks, and signed by approximately 25,000 residents of Colchester and elsewhere in the county of Essex concerning cancer services. For the third time in 10 years, the local cancer services are the subject of a review.

The petition states: The petition of the Evening Gazette, published in Colchester, and residents of Colchester and surrounding areas of Essex Declares that we are opposed to the closure of cancer treatment services in Colchester. The Petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urge the Secretary of State for Health to do all in his power to ensure that cancer treatment services continue to be provided in the town and that a cancer centre of excellence be built in Colchester. And the Petitioners remain, etc.

To lie upon the Table.

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