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Further to recent announcements concerning the potential sell-off of properties owned by British Waterways by the Treasury, we petition the Prime Minister to give assuarnces that our canals will be protected and recent levels of investement, a credit to Labour, is maintained.

Our canals are great source of pleasure for many people in the country, providing a source of employment through tourism and associated businesses. They're also home to many forms of wildlife. Without proper management this will ebb away and the network return to a state of decay and ruin.

We urge the Government to allow British Waterways to retain its property portfolio, protecting its essential source of revenue and ensure the sustainability of its work.

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• Trevor Reid
• Alec marden
• Janet Stewart
• Kirstie Lawson
• Therese Murrell
• Stephen Landles
• Keith Bickmore
• David J Roberts
• Michael Goddard
• Paul Clay
• Stephen Chambers
• stuart watson
• David Reid
• katherine arnott
• Tom Chambers
• Peter Allen
• Simon Jones
• Christine Russell
• Lisa Calder
• mr geoffrey holden
• protect our canals
• Annabel Chambers
• Elliott Menter
• joan napier
• Danae Shell
• Jane Walker
• steve purchase
• James Hultman
• monica wilkins
• p.c. buttery
• Jennifer Hardy
• Daniel Jones
• Brian Walker
• Michael McGrath
• Donald McKenna
• Geoffrey W. Beard
• colin irons
• Helen Richards
• Chris West-Oram
• William Lee
• Derick J Jones
• Andrew Bolger
• Frank Bratley
• Kelly Carpenter
• David Revell
• Peter Martin
• Margaret Martin
• Keith Hawkins
• Rebecca Kemmer
• stewart morris
• Gordon Moore
• Craig Newbould
• steve merrett
• Jack Birchley
• Lynne Newlove
• steven holmes
• Keith S J Harries
• Richard Langford
• andrew armstrong
• richard steptoe
• Gerard Phelan
• Deborah Winyard
• Richard Booth
• t byrne
• Stephen Thomas
• david jewer
• Kevin McKeown
• alan Goddard
• Peter Hajnik
• Bruce Lankford
• H.S.Turier
• V.J.Turier
• David Bedford
• Chris Allen
• peter smith
• Alison Brown
• Robert Saunders
• Andrew Dunn
• Russell Clark
• Charles A Shieber
• Peter Barry
• Stephen Smith
• Jane Appleton
• Matt Hamilton
• Jacqui Taylor
• Richard Chappelle
• Margaret Reid
• Elizabeth Smith
• Helen Hamilton
• Rebecca Westcott
• John Hamilton
• Roy Varley
• l.j.siford
• Andy Coles
• Vicky Hodson
• Geraint Huw Denison Esq
• Patricia Joyner
• Geoffrey Joyner
• Erika Frikvist
• Michael Gutteridge
• Kenneth Fairhurst
• Neil Miller
• A. Fernando
• Geoffrey Potter
• Stephanie Lang
• Brian Marshall
• steve craig
• Iain Harvey
• Philip Scott
• Angela Scott
• Katherine Taylor
• John McKeon
• Mrs Judy Egan
• Andrew Clarke
• Seb Coleman
• Ray Baldwin
• Jessie Harrington
• Anita Tanner
• Robert Warren
• Elaine Hoctor
• Barbara Darcy
• A Jones
• Laura Vesty
• Darren Bradshaw
• Mark Crosby
• Peter William Bramwell
• Judy Crockford
• Sally Harrop
• James Amos
• Stephen Cole
• Ran Meinertzhagen
• Sean Gregory
• Trevor Ball
• Peter Grant
• Robert Nolan
• Rob Westlake
• William Parish
• Janice Mosedale
• Derek Bodey
• Graham Darn
• Peter Tovey
• Theresa Hague
• Fiona McGregor
• g foley
• stuart johnston
• James Knott
• Tara Palmer
• Nicholas Spalding
• Steven Mulrooney
• Andrew Mussell
• Viola Ross-Smith
• Robert Tait
• daphne hunter
• Jason McAtamney
• Daniel White
• Donald Adrain
• Stephen Richards
• Judith Campbell
• Steven Casiello
• Christopher Ian Byrne
• sue lightup
• Trish Campbell
• Maureen Wood
• Michael Wood
• Kathy Giddings
• Ed Stuttard
• Val Greaves
• paul bingham
• Geoffrey A Manning
• Raymond Sidebottom
• John McLennan
• rhoda mcpherson
• Trevor Prinn
• Philip Attwood
• J McCann
• Catherine Jones
• DAVID MAKIN
• c g trowse
• David Harrison
• Robert G Townend
• Andrew Champion
• pauline johnston
• Marian Watts
• richard seldon
• Paul Wolfram
• Penny Thornton
• Helen Claire Rigby
• Paul Heaps
• Michael Powis
• Peter Fox
• Michael Harrison
• Stephen K Jackson
• Meyrick Hadfield
• Charles Edward Baumann
• Stan Taylor
• Liz Williams
• julie reid
• Haydn Ross
• roslyn madden
• Michael John Avery
• Janet Avery
• Christine Baker
• Rob B
• Anne Atkinson-Clark
• Martyn House
• Patricia A Byrne
• Alan Percey
• Marianne Martin
• Iain Elliott
• Tim Riley
• Andrea Smith
• Kate Everard
• Tony Everard
• Jessica Neil
• Dominic Nunn
• V. T. Tozer
• Christine Bowman
• Honey Russell
• Andrew Gunn
• Neil M. Procter
• Christine E. Procter
• Keith Duffield
• Diane Wilkinson
• Chrissie Wylie
• Gillian Vickery
• Samantha Ryder
• Martin Ryder
• Laura Davies
• Liz Rees
• Tim Lacey
• Lucy Rymell
• Claire Kotigala
• Vivienne Coleman
• Jose Kirby
• Julia Gadd
• Gordon M Simpson
• Martin Powell
• Clive Eatwell
• Andrew Hutchinson
• Roy Endersby
• Neale Charles Turton-Harber
• Paul Yeomans
• Ben Miller
• Tony Gill
• Terence Arthur Winters
• Adrian Dalziel
• j.groves
• Oliver Desforges
• Ian Macnab
• Pamela Weaver
• Dave Riley
• Emma Greenhalgh
• Anthony Lee
• David Bowden
• David R.B. Adams
• Linda Green
• Michael Williams
• Raymond Howell
• Rachel lee
• judith smith
• Colin Fraser
• nicola doyle
• John Mosley
• Elizabeth Martin
• Keith Bennett
• Michael Robinson
• Peter Jefferies
• a james
• Charly Anderson
• Beryl Blake
• Philip Deaves
• Nickaren Raven
• Karen Fox
• Mrs Baxter
• N. Withnall
• Margaret Byrne
• Alan Byrne
• Marian Carden
• Clive Hodgin
• Henry John Kemp
• James Stanbridge
• Ian Longworth
• Andrew May
• Sarah Wilson
• geoffrey curtis
• Richard Bywater
• Dion Mytum
• Barbara Johnson
• Michael Bates
• Brian Sweeting
• Simon Brears
• Gillian Whiteford
• Chris Davies
• Peter Alexander
• Catherine Moss
• J Goodwin
• Fiona Laidlaw
• Elizabeth Farnworth
• Helen Robinson
• Ann Harvey
• John F Smith
• Rosemary Treasure
• Wayne Ward
• David Willingham
• Chris Pendlebury
• Kate Horner
• Heather Melling
• Andrew Stewart
• DAVID LUCAS
• Derek Ansell
• Greg Smith
• Andrew Young
• mark davies
• Anthony Mealing
• Steven Walker
• Glenville J Owen
• Richard Mabbutt
• Richard Moss
• Christine Davies
• Susan Treacher
• Douglas Treacher
• Keith Yarwood
• PETER GREGORY
• Mary Martin
• Anthony Quinsee
• carl adair
• Jacob Powell
• Michael Thierens
• Tracey Arbon
• Alan Haile
• Stephen Cameron
• Christine Skeldon
• Thom Board
• michael blunt
• Leonard Todd
• paul styles
• James Lane
• Helen Goodinson
• Greg Freeman
• JOHN BICKNELL
• JENNIFER BICKNELL
• Karen Morton
• Nicola Dewfall
• Kathleen Fisher
• Michael Christopher Boas
• C. a. Huimphries
• Daniel Kent
• Stuart Connor
• fran smith
• Mark Keane
• Robert Lea Grenham Cook
• Deborah Walker
• Graham Wray
• Tim Carr
• Benyair Joseph
• Malcolm Millen
• David Hill
• Penelope S Boas
• Keith & Bernadette Parsons
• Polly Booth
• Andrew M Jenkinson
• Bernie Cawston
• Malcolm Parker
• a taggart
• David Lloyd Pope
• Laurette Pope
• Gerald Clough
• Roy Perkins
• Christopher E Larkin
• Michael Warne
• Graham Hibberd
• christopher davies
• Christine Oliver
• Sharon Turley
• Richard Porter
• André Coutanche
• Anthony Mouat
• jack marshall
• david r parkin
• Richard Buckland
• Michael John Jeffreys
• David Estabrook
• Charles Peter Ford
• John Francis
• David Houghton
• Alan W. Kirby
• P Waring
• David Lambard
• Mark Alan Emery
• D. PARKER
• Su Lockley
• Ann Oldham
• Barry Johnson
• Charles Farr
• Mia O'Hara
• John Myers
• Miles Wigfield
• Deborah Staples
• David Weatherley
• Rosemary Weatherley
• Richard Hall
• Gillian Hall
• Karen Young
• Jude Gibson
• David Wilkinson
• jeremy ledwith
• john newton
• Nicholas Newton
• Tam Hazan
• Nina Curtiws
• Chris
• Hugh Garrod
• Kate Whitby
• maggie young
• Matthew Ball
• martin. clatworthy
• John Garfitt
• Damien Hopton
• Peter Waite
• John A. Faber
• Martyn Day
• michael smee
• Joseph Montague
• Christian Spoerer
• Frank Mokrysz
• Christine Ball
• trevor tate
• Barry Covington
• Alex Covington
• David Andrew
• Jackie Webb
• jeffrey webb
• Sara Yates
• David Charles Payne
• David Lindsell
• A R Williams
• Judith Wood
• Brian Wood
• Bob Abbott
• Gillie Bolton
• Lesleyt Williams
• Brian Peter Smith
• Lyn Clay
• Robert Pringle
• Helen Tombs
• T M Dudley
• Patricia Dudley
• Barry Halsey
• Sarah Cobell
• Chris Edwards
• John Cahill
• John Knight
• Sonia C.Bell
• Michael Bee
• Stefan Schuller
• Graeme Monie
• Alan Crook
• David Burton
• Dr.Steve Brennan
• Harry Charles William Grove
• Julie Blakeman
• David Thurston
• Anona Fenwick Payne
• Joanna Kemp
• Darren Booker
• David John Booth
• chris barson
• Jonathan Kipps
• Peter Chadwick
• STUART DENTON
• Eric Driver
• Jonathan Lawrence-Archer
• Chris Barry
• Paul Litchfield
• Susan Rosemary Litchfield
• Charles Stuart
• Mr WS Wappett
• David Hall
• Richard Everitt
• Barry A Murray
• Christine Crook
• Tim Clarke
• Hugh Newby-Stubbs
• sam spofforth
• Christopher Tombs
• Carol Taylor
• Nadine Teerink
• Peter Chesworth
• Mrs. rosemary stevens
• M L Savage
• Rosemary Yeldham
• Brian Ware
• John Rawlings
• James Potter-Irwin
• ALAN BELL
• Capt Ian Wilkins
• Charles Taylor
• Liz wills
• David Kennedy
• Geoff Layland

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