§ Mr. Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire)I rise to present a petition collected by Councillor Cynthia Derek and Mrs. Sandra Rocker, comprising 2,000 signatures of the citizens of Burscough in West Lancashire, which states:
That the citizens of the area entirely and utterly oppose the proposed BSE Incinerator which private interests wish to open on Burscough Industrial Estate, in that it is a totally inappropriate position; would pose threats to the health of the local population; would severely damage the horticultural industry in the vicinity and would put at risk other firms on the Industrial Estate, particularly those engaged in the food industry.Wherefore your Petitioners pray that your honourable House do request the Secretary of State for DETR to ensure that the proposal is subjected to normal local planning procedures and that the ambiguity in the Planning Guidance covering Incinerators be amended and corrected to protect citizens all over the U.K.And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray …
§ To lie upon the Table.