Housebuilding In Surrey

EDM number 519 in 2005-06, proposed by Peter Ainsworth on 06/07/2005.

That this House notes the current restrictions on water use in Surrey and other parts of the South East; expresses its grave concern at Government plans to impose massive building in Surrey without addressing the need for infrastructure investment including water supplies; welcomes the Environmental Audit Committee's report on Housing: Building a Sustainable Future, which criticises the Government's plans, as not adequately considering the environmental impact of the proposed increase in housebuilding; deplores the extensive environmental impact such massive house building would have on the local area; shares the Committee's concern at the lack of an adequate evidence base for the Government's plans which fail to address the need to recognise environmental limits, which do not make adequate efforts towards sustainability, and which undermine the Government's own policy on sustainable development; calls on the Government to amend its plans to take into account the environmental impact of such development and to agree to further research as recommended by the Committee; further notes that the current proposals will lead to unacceptable overdevelopment in Surrey and other parts of the South East and will also create further traffic congestion, strain on the health service and overcrowding on trains and other public transport and place undue pressure on all local services in an area already suffering from a substantial infrastructure deficit; condemns the Government for pressing ahead with this plan; and calls on the Government not to take forward these misconceived and unsustainable plans, which will be harmful to the quality of life in Surrey.

This motion has been signed by a total of 17 MPs.