24 May 2024
Dunne presents petition as final act in House of Commons

Philip Dunne, MP for Ludlow, undertook his final act in the House of Commons yesterday evening (23rd May) to present a petition on behalf of South Shropshire residents.

Mr Dunne presented a petition gathered by 174 residents of Earls Ditton Lane, near Cleobury Mortimer, to call for improved road surfacing and prohibition of large heavy goods vehicles from using the small lane, which serves the Dippers Bank park homes site.

Presenting the petition, Mr Dunne said he hoped some of the £289m the government has allocated to Shropshire for road surface improvements over the coming years could be used to improve the road surface condition.

Mr Dunne said:

“It felt appropriate that my final act in the House of Commons should be a petition on behalf of local residents, in this case calling for road repairs on their local lane.  

“For the past almost two decades, I have striven to be a strong voice for the Ludlow Constituency, raising issues of local concern to the highest levels of national government.

 “It is not without a degree of sadness that I step back from the House of Commons. But it is time for a new generation to take up the cudgels on behalf of people here in South Shropshire.”