Response to Abbey National takes arrears battle to Lords

I have found the following information on Petitions to the Lords:

www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/ld/ldcomp/compso07.htm

This is an extract:

" PUBLIC PETITIONS

3.61 Members of the public may petition the House of Lords, but only a Member of the House may present a petition. Members of the House should give the following guidance to members of the public who ask them to present petitions on their behalf. 3.62 Petitions to the House of Lords begin: "To the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, The humble Petition of [names or designation of petitioners] sheweth".

3.63 The general allegations of the petition then follow. The petition ends with what is called a "prayer", setting out what the petitioners desire the House to do. After the prayer are added the words "And your Petitioners will ever pray &c." followed by the signatures. The petition may be written, printed or typed on paper. At least one signature must be on the same sheet as the petition. The signatures must not be stuck on to the paper. The petition of a corporation should be under its common seal, which must be affixed to the first sheet. ........."

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As there are now quite a lot of MPs sympathetic to our case I don't feel that there should be any problem in finding one to present our petition.

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