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Page 2 of 2 1945-19551945: That this meeting welcomes the suggestion of a Women's Institute College, notes with satisfaction the power to provide grants for such a purpose in Clause 100(1)(b) of the Education Act 1944 and instructs the Executive Committee to make the necessary arrangements.1953: That this meeting deplores the wastage of good agricultural land and requests the Planning Authorities to ensure that before planning permission is granted for the use of such land for building sites, full use should be made of all possible sites, either those left derelict by the demolition of old property or of prepared sites which have not been fully developed through change of plans... 1954: That this meeting requests the NFWI to inaugurate a campaign to preserve the countryside against desecration by litter of all kinds and urges every member of the WIs to make it a personal matter to mitigate this evil. Further that anti-litter by-laws be more strictly enforced. 1950: That this meeting, while fully realising the difficulties of the nursing staff, deplores the fact that in some hospitals mothers and fathers are not permitted to visit their children and asks Hospital Management Committees to allow hospital visiting in agreement with doctors and sisters. 1955-19651963: That this meeting welcomes the improved specialist services proposed by the Minister of Health in the large general hospitals but protests most strongly against the closing of small hospitals in country areas.1962: That this meeting urges all members of WIs to make every effort to arouse public opinion to the dangers of fireworks and bonfires and that the retail sale of fireworks should be banned until a fortnight before 5 November. 1956: That the NFWI take necessary action to ensure the abolition of turnstiles in all women's conveniences and that the co-operation of kindred women's organisations be sought to secure this. 1956: This Federation deplores the continued withdrawal of bus and rail services in rural areas and urges the Minister of Transport to review the position concerning rural road and rail transport and take immediate steps for its improvement. 1965-19751972: This meeting views with very real alarm the continued under-manning of the police force throughout the country and urges the Government to take immediate steps to improve the conditions and prospects of the police in order to attract more men and women of the right calibre.1966: That the NFWI should urge the Government to investigate the present state of separated mothers and the difficulties and hardship they often have in obtaining maintenance money for themselves and their children. 1966: That this meeting, noting the Brain Report on Drug Addiction... urges parents and those responsible for children and young people to make themselves aware of the very grave danger in the easy availability of habit-forming drugs and drugs of addiction. 1975: While welcoming the Government's Committee of Inquiry in the problems of battered wives, this meeting urges that immediate action be taken to provide alternative accommodation for these women and their children in at least every county if not every town. 1975-19851979: That in order to counteract the upsurge in violent crime and vandalism the Government be urged to introduce stronger deterrents against crime.1985: This meeting urges HM Government and all relevant regional and local agencies to provide immediate and continuing help for drug addicts and their families. 1983: That this meeting urges the Government to bring in legislation on the status of artificially-produced human and part-human embryos. 1978: This meeting views with concern the complexity of the social security and taxation systems and asks HM Government to institute a complete review with the aim of harmonising and simplifying these systems and eliminating the 'poverty trap'. 1983: This meeting of WIs urges its members to promote and support the provision of hospice care for those patients who desire it. 1982: This meeting considers that public telephone kiosks in rural areas are an essential service especially vital in emergency situations and as such should be protected by Government subsidy if necessary against recovery by British Telecom on commercial grounds. 1985-19951990: This meeting urges the Government to do everything in its power to persuade other countries, especially those which are party to the Antarctic Treaty, that Antarctica be declared a wilderness park within which the extraction of oil and minerals and other commercial, polluting and military activities should not be permitted.1989: This meeting calls upon HM Government to take action to ensure that the strictest control is carried out on the importation, treatment and disposal of toxic waste material to prevent any kind of pollution to the environment. 1993: In view of the increased consumption of water for domestic, industrial and agricultural use, this meeting urges the Government to ensure the protection and preservation of this country's rivers, streams and ponds and to limit abstraction of water from underground sources; further to promote long-term planning and co-operation between regions. 1995-20041999: This meeting supports research into a test for ovarian cancer - the silent killer. It urges WI members to take part in research programmes and HM Government to set up clinics where any woman can be tested, as soon as a test becomes available.2003: This meeting calls upon HM Government to take urgent action in order to ensure that the necessary facilities and services are provided to enable older people, irrespective of their means, to spend their remaining years in comfort and dignity, whether this be in their own home, or in a nursing or residential home of their choice. 2003: This meeting calls upon the Government to concentrate its efforts in promoting and strengthening modern apprenticeship schemes to provide skilled workers for the future. 2003: This meeting views with concern the increase in obesity and diet-related health problems in children, and the associated risk of chronic disease in later life, and urges HM Government to regulate the promotion to children of foods that contribute to an unhealthy diet and to ensure increased opportunities for exercise and practical food education in schools. 2004: In the light of growing evidence that the current generation of GM crops are beneficial for neither people nor planet, this meeting strongly opposes the growing of GM crops in the UK and calls on HM Government to prohibit their cultivation. 2004: In view of the constantly increasing trafficking of human beings, particularly women and children, for sexual exploitation and forced labour, this meeting urges HM Government to put into place legislation to combat trafficking and support victims, and urges all WI members to raise public awareness of this issue. |
