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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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• 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
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• 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
• martyn vickers
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• John Knight
• Sonia C.Bell
• Michael Bee
• Stefan Schuller
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• Alan Crook
• David Burton
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• Harry Charles William Grove
• Julie Blakeman
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• chris barson
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• Janet Hopton
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• peter bisset
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• Caroline Scott nee Shah
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• Diana Watson
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• clive edwards
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• Helen Brown
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• tony Kullich
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• iain kennedy
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• Richard Saillet
• jenny Wilkes
• David Farleigh
• Arthur Astrop
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• Terry Lyne
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• Bob Ruffle
• Gail Brownrigg
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• ray walker
• Mr Robert Marshall
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• Alan King
• ANN CHESTERMAN
• John Phillips
• helen chatterton
• Dave C Keeling
• Iain Gordon
• Susan Bell
• K.A. Twyman
• Ray Davey
• Graham Phillips
• Chris Habergham
• Richard Newman
• leilea shaw
• Antonella Cattaneo
• Roy Bhakta
• Jean Tallantire
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• Sophie
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• Phillip Howard
• ALICE Symonds
• Richard Hurst
• Vicky Buckley
• Ian Paul
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• Emily Holland
• Cara Russell
• Rose Deakin
• Janet I Firminger
• Paul Grimes
• Roy Dickinson
• Liz Gulson
• Linda Ticehurst
• Ian Hartley
• Bill Gewanter
• L A Steele
• Emma Dixon
• Lauren Anne Griffin
• James Clayton
• Marigold Clayton
• Michael David Nixon
• Alastair Nicoll
• Catriona McLellan
• Michael Hammill
• Liz Philipson
• Pete Stone
• T. hopkins
• Judy Sant
• John Sully
• Alan Sellman
• Robert Currell
• Daniel Williams
• Gaynor Richards
• Deborah Whittaker
• Sally Pearce
• angela nuttall
• Janet Moore
• Doreen Govier
• Marc Hamon
• Ian T Price
• Michael Cloudsdale
• Jayne Ballard
• Judy Reeve
• Alexander Wright
• Chris James
• Wilfred Johnstone
• Craig Sergeant
• Jim Cox
• Richard Lidwell
• victoria lawrenc
• Colin Harthill
• Victor Green
• Ionae Duff-Turner
• Mike Smith
• J David Greggan
• Matthew Bennett
• Alan Clarke
• Dell James
• Greig Horton
• c m green
• Nita Rao
• Lynn Owens
• Simon B
• Bruce Williamson
• alan hird
• llewelyn jones
• Matt Bensted
• anthony thory
• c booth
• Robert Gay
• Andrew Purser
• Emma Johnson
• Derek Jackson
• will schofield
• robert watson
• Ellen Richardson
• Paul Jackson
• Matt Gee
• Jeremy Jackman
• Julian Hicks
• Brian John Morton
• Lindsay Ventress
• Joanne Fitzpatrick
• Simon Bartlett
• David Ager
• J Falkowski
• Sharmila Armitage
• Alan Neech
• Mark Smithson
• Jacqueline Harrison
• richard tibbett
• Colin Crewdson
• J. Marsden
• stella millington

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