North West Water Development, Kingswater

EDM number 1403 in 1989-90, proposed by Robert Parry on 16/10/1990.

That, whereas this House deplores the proposals of North West Water plc to develop land at Audenshaw and Gorton reservoirs, the Kingswater Development, land which has always been open countryside, a lung of fresh air on the East side of Greater Manchester, land hitherto preserved by the water company's predecessors for walking, canoeing, sailing, golf, informal recreation and farming, it calls on the Secretary of State to set up a public inquiry into the proposals because of the size of the total site of over 700 acres on which this development would go and the fact that the proposals are at total variance with the previous plans for the area; believes that there is a need to test the water company's claim that a large number of jobs would be created; and notes that such a development is totally opposed by the local communities in the area of Audenshaw, Gorton and Denton.

This motion has been signed by a total of 102 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.