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Open Cast Coal Mining And Hedgerow Destruction

EDM number 532 in 1996-97, proposed by Joan Walley on 13/02/1997.

That this House congratulates Crusade in Conisbrough on its achievement in securing the recommendation in the Inspector's Report on the modification of the Doncaster Unitary Development Plan that the plan should include a brief reference tothe extent and importance of Inclosure Act Award hedgerows and to the powers available under that legislation and under the Environment Act 1995 to protect hedgerows; notes the support by the late honourable Member for Don Valley, Martin Redmond, for this campaign; and further notes that this recommendation will give heart to campaigners against proposed open cast mining in green belt areas the length and breadth of the country.

This motion has been signed by a total of 32 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Joan Walley13/02/1997Stoke-on-Trent NorthProposed
Dennis Skinner14/02/1997BolsoverSigned
Ken Livingstone14/02/1997Brent EastSigned
Tom Cox14/02/1997TootingSigned
Peter Hardy17/02/1997WentworthSigned
Alice Mahon17/02/1997HalifaxSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe17/02/1997LeighSigned
Andrew Faulds17/02/1997Warley EastSigned
Harry Barnes17/02/1997North East DerbyshireSigned
Tony Banks18/02/1997Newham North WestSigned
Dennis Turner18/02/1997Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Paddy Tipping18/02/1997SherwoodSigned
Norman Godman18/02/1997Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Bill Michie18/02/1997Sheffield, HeeleySigned
John McAllion18/02/1997Dundee EastSigned
Elfyn Llwyd18/02/1997Meirionnydd Nant ConwySigned
Eric Illsley18/02/1997Barnsley CentralSigned
Ernie Ross18/02/1997Dundee WestSigned
William McKelvey18/02/1997Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
Helen Jackson19/02/1997Sheffield, HillsboroughSigned
Michael Clapham19/02/1997Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Jean Corston19/02/1997Bristol EastSigned
Eric Clarke20/02/1997MidlothianSigned
Audrey Wise20/02/1997PrestonSigned
Jeff Ennis20/02/1997Barnsley EastSigned
Alan Meale20/02/1997MansfieldSigned
Mike Hall24/02/1997Warrington SouthSigned
Eddie Loyden27/02/1997Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Bill Etherington27/02/1997Sunderland NorthSigned
Jack Thompson27/02/1997WansbeckSigned
Edward O'Hara05/03/1997Knowsley SouthSigned
John Gunnell05/03/1997Leeds South and MorleySigned

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