50 Parliamentary Petitions!!!!!
The deadline for submitting petitions closed at 5pm on Thursday 6th February 2025.
The Petitions submitted to Parliament are different to what we normally understand by a ‘petition’.
A Parliamentary petition is a document written by one person or more, or even a group, specifying in their view what is wrong with the Private Bill and what alterations are required to make it acceptable.
A petition that we are more used too is one where many people sign one document to indicate their support/ agreement with a specific course of action. This is very different to what is needed for a Parliamentary petition.
However, despite the likelihood that no-one had written a Parliamentary petition previously, there were 50 petitions submitted against the Malvern Hills Private Bill, from individuals, informal and formal groups. This was and remains an outstanding achievement. The quality of the petitions was great.
There were petitions from Malvern Town Council, Malvern Hills District Council, Worcester County Council, 2 past Chairs of the Malvern Hills Conservators, past and current Trustees as well as others from groups and individuals.
It is almost unheard of to have had so many petitions for one Bill, 18 is the previous highest.
Please read the petitions for yourself via the link below:
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The Private Bill was submitted to Parliament on 27 November 2024.
Until it was published on the Parliamentary website no member of the Public had seen a copy of the Bill. This is despite the fact that it is our money (via the Levy) given to help fund the work of the Conservators on the Hills and Commons which is being used to fund the Bill. The views of the Public have not been sought to ascertain whether or not we, the public were prepared to pay for it.
To date there has been no research into unintended consequences which in itself a startling omission.
The Trust failed to provide any assurance that compromise may be possible and have repeatedly said one thing and done another. There is no interest in the genuine concerns of the Public.
The Bill is starting in the House of Lords and we are urging as many of you as possible to Petition against specific aspects of the Bill. In this context, the Petition is a pro forma which you complete. It is not long. Guidance, together with the documents which can be downloaded can be found on the Take Action part of this site.
In this context, Petition does NOT mean just signing agreement to a statement but specifying your concerns and stating what amendments you would like and why.
When the link to the Parliamentary site is opened, you will see
Petitioning Guidance (3). Click on that.
A new tab will open enabling the download of 3 documents, the Petition pro forma template and two information documents.
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