The petition asks that the Scrap Metal Merchants Act of 1964 be amended to make it mandatory for sales of the metal to be carried out with cheques or bank cards as a way to help trace those dealing with stolen goods. So far the e-petition has gathered just over 17,683 signatures, but needs 100.000 names to make the issue eligible for debate in the House of Commons. The scrap metal dealers won’t like this change to be made, but then neither will the thieves as it will make life much more difficult for them.
The petition is available online and signing it simply involves visiting the website http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/406 Just ‘ctrl’ and click; this link will take you right there.
Much as I detest chain letters and emails, I think that here is one exception; why not send this to friends and relatives in other parts of the country? I shall be sending it to my sister near Sheffield as I can't believe that northern church roofs are any more immune from this than East Anglian ones. If we all forward this to two or three people, and they do likewise, it should reach … (anyone good at maths?) … quite a lot of people.
I obtained this information from an article in the Wymondham Mercury - it is on the front page and continued on page 4.
Thanks very much
Su Leavesley