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Presentation of Petition

Presentation of our petition to the Minister.

The main Save Our Waterways petition, with 38,101 signatures was presented to the Waterways Minister, Barry Gardiner in his office at DEFRA on Monday, May 14th 2007, by Will Chapman of SOW together with John Fletcher of IWA and some supporting MPs.

Our more detailed report to follow.

Read the IWA's report of the same meeting here.

Presentation
LEFT TO RIGHT :
Tony Baldry MP (Con, Banbury), SOW supporter and a former Waterways Minister
Charlotte Atkins MP (Lab, Staffordshire Moorlands), SOW supporter and a former Transport Minister
Barry Gardiner MP, the Waterways Minister
John Fletcher, IWA
Will Chapman, SOW
Chris Huhne MP (Lib Dem, Eastleigh), SOW supporter & Lib Dem front-bench Environment spokesman.

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