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Petition update, 05 December 2008

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The Byelaws, introduced in 2001, prohibit skateboarding in Manchester's City Centre and criminalizes young people who, by skateboarding, are doing something physically active, socially engaging, constructive and creative.

The Government want to reduce obesity, increase social inclusion, encourage "play" activities among young people and reduce youth offending rates. The Byelaws oppose all of these aims.

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Ben Gibbs, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• Ben Dungey
• dan cintra
• michael conway
• John Haines
• neil
• PAUL ROGERS
• Peter Haper
• daniel cameron
• Danny Martin
• Daniel Cleare
• Robert
• angela
• Sparrow
• Joel Taylor
• Mark Shenton
• will
• Anthony Shore
• Tom large
• Robert
• Ashley Davies
• Nathan Clays-Jones
• Matthew Dryden
• Jason Sinclair
• luke saxon
• James Perry
• Jack Stewart
• Beth Peters
• tom finn
• will sheil
• hornyman
• lee rozee
• sammi hilton
• Gareth Herd
• Lewis Connor
• Seth Yates
• greg reynolds
• Craig
• Natalie Labrosse
• maria labrosse
• dan chrapkowski
• Abby
• Danny Clark
• Chris Playfoot
• Gabrielle Anderson
• lottie
• Ollie
• Chris Benjamin
• Danny Taylor
• jay stone
• Danny McCourt
• sami anders
• Michaela Bridget Sandra Press
• Andrew Kobak
• Paul gemmell
• Danny Kay
• Nick Jones
• Benjamin James Coyle
• Reiss Johnson
• Ross Hughes
• kara wilson
• Jamie
• Becky
• Luke Stewart
• rachael
• Anthony Linsdell
• Daniel Hadfield
• Garry Woodward
• Ethan Gornall
• Alison Terry
• richard owen
• Paul Millar
• emma nightingale
• Lee james
• Matt Williams
• Ben Gilchrist
• ed belvedere
• Sexual Stu
• Caleb Storkey
• nathan wightman
• Emma Hulme
• mike lawson
• Lee Holland
• Sam Roberts
• adam leishman
• Mark Cropper
• cate thornton
• Emma Cleare
• Paul Wenham
• Nicholas Allen
• Adam hall.
• Robert Salmon
• Mary-Lou Gibbs
• greg finch
• Pete Smallwood
• david 'DIV' adam
• Stephen Small
• Andrew Belson
• t.batchelor
• Colin mcinnes
• J.Tez Robinson
• Xi Jin
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• Claire Alleaume
• Nick
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• Lee Snter
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