Petitions – in the House of Commons at 9:24 pm on 8 January 2007.
Roberta Blackman-Woods
PPS (Rt Hon Hilary Armstrong, Minister of State (Cabinet)), Cabinet Office
9:24,
8 January 2007
I am presenting a petition on behalf of residents of Ushaw Moor and surrounding villages in Durham who are campaigning to keep Oversteads house open and to have it properly refurbished and let. Residents are worried that it is included in the local development framework by Durham city council. They would like it removed from redevelopment plans and kept open as a sheltered and supported housing complex.
The petition states:
The petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urges the Government to protect the complex from redevelopment for at least 30 years, or until residents are happy with the redevelopment proposals.
The petition has been signed by 850-plus residents, including Mrs. Elizabeth Hall of 23 Whitehouse court.
To lie upon the Table.
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