Philip Dunne presented petitions as part of the record breaking achievement under which 44 petitions were presented on behalf of community hospitals under threat right around the country. This followed the successful rally organised by CHANT (Community Hospitals Acting Nationally Together) addressed by David Cameron MP and Boris Johnson MP (Chairman of CHANT).
Three buses went down to London from Shropshire, one from Bridgnorth, one from Ludlow including people from Bishop's Castle and one from Whitchurch. Close to a hundred people in all.
Mr. Philip Dunne (Ludlow) (Con): I rise to present petitions, in identical form to the others that have been presented this evening, on behalf of Ludlow community hospital and Bishop's Castle community hospital. The petition on Bishop's Castle hospital contains 1,917 names, and I should like to remind the House that, in January, I presented petitions with more than 22,000 names on behalf of Ludlow community hospital and Bridgnorth community hospital, following a march of more than 8,000 people through the streets of Ludlow and Bridgnorth in support of the continuation of their community hospitals.
