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   Name: Tom MacMillan on Apr 23, 2010

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   Name: Dr Charles Clutterbuck on Apr 23, 2010

   Comments: We must stop the rot that is afflicting horticultural and agricultural research, otherwise death will ensue

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   Name: Hilary Fraser on Apr 25, 2010

   Comments: In a world where research into future food security is becoming an urgent need, closing Wellesbourne does not make sense.

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   Name: Sarah Cox on Apr 27, 2010

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   Name: Don Campbell on Apr 27, 2010

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   Name: Anonymous on Apr 27, 2010

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   Name: David J Evans on Apr 27, 2010

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   Name: Simon Finney on Apr 27, 2010

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   Name: Anne Brenchley on Apr 27, 2010

   Comments: In an age when climate chnage and sustainability are at or near the top of the political agenda, this proposed closure makes no sense whatsoever and seems very short sighted.

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    Name: Catherine Kidner on Apr 27, 2010

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    Name: Philip Britton on Apr 27, 2010

    Comments: It is very short sighted to close Warwick HRI and disperse the expertise resident therein at a time when the UK should be expanding research into sustainable food production to secure a sustainable future for the UK and World population.

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    Name: Jim Halliday on Apr 27, 2010

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    Name: Claire on Apr 27, 2010

    Comments: With the number of such institutes cut already we are in danger of losing our research lead in the world and at risk of not being able to feed ourselves in the future. Horticulture is really important to Britain and it has never been more vulnerable. Our population is also less able to cope when complex systems of agricultural supply and demand fail. We need Warwick(HRI).

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    Name: Elspeth Haston on Apr 27, 2010

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    Name: Tyler Wakeford on Apr 27, 2010

    Comments: I urge the University to reconsider its decision.

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    Name: Tyler Wakeford on Apr 27, 2010

    Comments: I urge the University to reconsider its decision.

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    Name: Peter Hall on Apr 27, 2010

    Comments: It just shows the lack of control Parliament has over the future of this country. Unless of course you don't believe the Uk need food security, because Volcanoes don't erupt and wars don't happen! Typical lack of joined up thinking by some Finance bod.

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    Name: Marcus J. Swift, Vice President Of SET Committee, Prospect. on Apr 27, 2010

    Comments: At a time when science, engineering & technology are being asked to save the world, and its ever-increasing population, by the creation of sustainable energy, water provision, and food, it is inconceivable that the UK government is prepared to allow the loss of such a key public sector research provider as Wellesbourne. Public sector science is indispensable, because it is prepared to take long term views that the private sector will not and often cannot do. When one considers that the UK public science budget is actually very small in terms of the public purse, like a cup of water in a lake, and that the Wellesbourne budget is but a droplet in that cup, it makes even less sense to let Wellesbourne die, when weighed against the future benefits it would provide and against the future costs, in all senses, if it is lost.

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    Name: Colin Belton on Apr 27, 2010

    Comments: We should be using facilities like Wellesbourne to continue the future research to both conserve and research the planet's plant and agronomy diversity not close the place down and further the decline in research into such topics.

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    Name: Marion Beaver on Apr 27, 2010

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    Name: Robert Redpath on Apr 27, 2010

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    Name: Bill Tomlinson on Apr 27, 2010

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    Name: Suzanne Burge on Apr 27, 2010

    Comments: The last twenty-five years have seen huge damage to Britain's resources for agricultural and horticultural R&D. The closure of Wellesbourne would reslut in redundancies and the loss of immense knowledge and expertise at a a time when food security is becoming a vital issue for all of us.

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    Name: Oliver Wilton on Apr 27, 2010

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    Name: Claire on Apr 27, 2010

    Comments: With the number of such institutes cut already we are in danger of losing our research lead in the world and at risk of not being able to feed ourselves in the future. Horticulture is really important to Britain and it has never been more vulnerable. Our population is also less able to cope when complex systems of agricultural supply and demand fail. We need Warwick(HRI).

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    Name: Stephan Helfer on Apr 27, 2010

    Comments: Horticultural research is essential for future food supply. Wellesbourne is the foremost site of HRI and its demise would have very bad repercussions on the horticultural research infrastructure. I am confident that a solution can be found without resorting to the closure of this world renowned facility.

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    Name: Kim Parmley on Apr 27, 2010

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    Name: Ian P Wilkinson on Apr 27, 2010

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    Name: David Mee on Apr 27, 2010

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    Name: Lucy Gilliam on Apr 27, 2010

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    Name: Jon Saunders on Apr 27, 2010

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    Name: Stephen Gray on Apr 27, 2010

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    Name: Anonymous on Apr 27, 2010

    Comments: The key line is "The department receives guaranteed funding of £5m per annum from Defra, which is set to fall to £200,000 by 2012." Therefore this petition should be addressed to DEFRA rather than to Warwick!

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    Name: Mary Moran on Apr 27, 2010

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    Name: Rob Phillips on Apr 27, 2010

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    Name: Carole Shorney on Apr 27, 2010

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    Name: Steve Leniec on Apr 27, 2010

    Comments: Closing down Wellesbourne Horticultural Research station at a time when food security and sustainability are priorities seems a particularily short sighted action and I urge you to reconsider.

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    Name: Howard Simons on Apr 27, 2010

    Comments: We should think carefully before cutting our investment in scientific research in the UK. Science, technology and innovation is a UK strength. With the reduction in our financial services sector due to the recent economic crisis and weak manufacturing we need to build on the strengths we have.

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    Name: Alex Stacey on Apr 27, 2010

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    Name: Moya Kneafsey on Apr 27, 2010

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    Name: Nick Mole on Apr 27, 2010

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    Name: Lizzi Cheese on Apr 27, 2010

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    Name: Carolyn Steel on Apr 27, 2010

    Comments: At a time of increasing food insecurity globally, horticultural research is of greater importance than ever before. To close Wellesbourne would be short-sighted folly.

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    Name: Sue Ferns on Apr 27, 2010

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    Name: Rosie Cox on Apr 27, 2010

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    Name: Lisa Unsworth on Apr 28, 2010

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    Name: Amy Cox on Apr 28, 2010

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    Name: Rose Bridger on Apr 28, 2010

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    Name: Rose Bridger on Apr 28, 2010

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    Name: Graham Oster-Ritter on Apr 28, 2010

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