§ Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge)It is a great honour to present a petition generated in my Stourbridge constituency on behalf of members of the West Midlands Federation of Townswomen's Guilds. The petitioners declare that they dislike mixed-sex hospital wards because they are an affront to dignity and decency. I wholeheartedly agree with them.
The Petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urge the Secretary of State for Health to make swift progress towards the removal of mixed-sex wards in hospitals.
§ And the Petitioners remain, etc.
§ To lie upon the Table.