Sheryll Murray, MP for South East Cornwall, is calling on everyone to sign up to the petition started on the Government’s epetition site.
The petition, started by a Peter J Rothwell (unknown to us), reads, “The government has decided that a number of major UK coastguard stations should be closed arguing that fewer stations can cope with the workload. This fails to take account of the vital local knowledge of coastguard station staff who can direct emergency services directly and quickly to incidents where lives are at stake. More remote stations (often hundreds of miles away from the scene of an emergency) do not have this knowledge. In order to prevent unnecessary and avoidable loss of life the government must keep all coastguard stations operational.”
Sheryll said, “The Government’s new epetition website gives the people a say in what is debated in Parliament. It has the potential to be a far more effective lobby tool than the old Early Day Motion system which cost around £1million to administer, had to be done through an MP and which was largely ignored. I want to see this Coastguard petition reach the magic 100,000 signatures so that we can debate this fully in parliament.
The petition can be signed at http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/4403
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For further information please contact Sheryll’s office on 01579 344428.
Pictured: Sheryll signing up