Meg hands in petition on behalf of local businesses

On 17 April Meg presented a petition to the Speaker of the House on behalf of Hackney businesses close to the Olympic site who have concerns about the impact on their businesses due to road closures and other transport disruptions during the games.

See Meg handing in the petition below (at 22:31:48). You will need to download microsoft silverlight to run videos on this site taken from parliament TV see www.microsoft.com/silverlight

Or read the petition below:

Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch) (Lab/Co-op): I am pleased to present this petition, which is signed by 10 businesses in Hackney South and Shoreditch"”the signatures are fewer in number than those for the previous petition, but these businesses are sorely affected by their precise location close to the Olympics zone, and face considerable disruption to their activities before and during the Olympics and Paralympics. Because of that, they fear for their future and the jobs of their employees.
The petition states:
The Petition of Michael Spinks of Essex Flour and Grain Co. Ltd.,
Declares that the Petitioner is concerned that during the period of local road closures for the Olympic Games, local businesses (including Essex Flour & Grain Co. Ltd) may be forced into liquidation as a result of an inability to receive and dispatch goods and that this may result in job losses.
The Petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urges the Government to encourage the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games to take all possible steps to ensure freedom of access for private and commercial vehicles to businesses in Lee Conservancy Road, Hackney Wick and the immediate neighbourhood during the period of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
And the Petitioner remains, etc.