"sos South West" Campaign: Foot And Mouth Disease And The Economy In The South West;amdt. Line 3:

EDM number 554A1 in 2000-01, proposed by Linda Gilroy on 10/04/2001.

leave out from 'Devon' to 'notes' in line 9 and insert ' Cornwall and large parts of Devon are open for business and welcoming tourists from all over the world but in numbers very significantly less than usual; calls on the Western Morning News group papers to highlight the positive news stories which these tourists have to tell and to urge their sister newspapers to do the same; welcomes the recognition in the Prime Minister's response that the south west region counts and matters, and that what tourism needs more than anything is more visitors, customers and trade, that it is important not to paint too bleak a picture of the region so as to convince visitors that they should then avoid the area and thereby worsen its problems and that achieving this is a fine balance; notes the need for everyone to play their part in restoring visitor confidence, as well as the Prime Minister's reassurance that work is being done urgently in government to see what further support can be given;'

This is a ammendment to 554.

This motion has been signed by a total of 3 MPs.