§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his reply to the right hon. and learned Member for Hexham (Mr. Rippon) on 6 February, Official Report, c. 467, how many petitions he has received in response to his White Paper, Cmnd. 9063; which organisation or group of individuals was responsible for the petitions; how many signatures were appended to each petition; and whether each petition supported or opposed the proposals made in Cmnd. 9063.
§ Mr. WaldegraveI have received petitions submitted by the following bodies or groups:
- The GLC Staff Association
- Inner London Education Authority
- Morley college, London
- Staff of Golders Hill park, London
- William Ellis school
- Parents of children attending some ILEA schools
- NALGO Enfield branch
- NALGO Tyne and Wear branch
They range in size from around 200 signatures up to a claimed 65,000 signatures.
The petitions are all opposed to the proposals in Cmnd 9063 but they reveal considerable misunderstanding of the effects of the proposals.