§ Mr. Steve Webb (Northavon)I am grateful for the chance to present a petition on behalf of more than 2,000 of my constituents. It was collected on the streets of Thornbury and Yate and in the Gazette newspaper on behalf of the community transport schemes in my area. Community transport schemes have been a great success in recent years, but they are now threatened and could cease within months.
The petition states:
The Humble Petition of the citizens of South Gloucestershire sheweth:the great value which is attached to the work of South Gloucestershire Community Transport schemes.Wherefore your petitioners pray that your honourable House will take such measures as lie within its power to end the uncertainty over their future funding and to make an immediate commitment to supporting such schemes over the long term.And your petitioners, as in Duty bound, will ever pray etc.To lie upon the Table.