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Motorcycles On Bridleways

EDM number 68 in 2005-06, proposed by John Mann on 17/05/2005.

That this House welcomes the Government's proposal to close the legal loophole whereby historical evidence of use by horse and cart, or dedication as a carriageway prior to the invention of the internal combustion engine, can give rise to a claim for a byway open to all traffic which, if successful, allows for use by modern recreational motor vehicles of green lanes and other unsurfaced routes in the countryside; notes that existing byways open to all traffic will still be subject to imappropriate and unsustainable use by recreational motor vehicles; is concerned that the most precious countryside in the National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Beauty and National Trails such as the Ridgeway continue to suffer appalling damage; and urges the Government to take action forthwith to protect these areas by reclassifying existing unsurfaced byways open to all traffic as restricted byways and by issuing better guidance on enforcement to enable the relevant authorities to take swift and effective action where recreational vehicles are being driven illegally.

This motion has been signed by a total of 37 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Mann17/05/2005BassetlawLabourProposed
Nick Harvey18/05/2005North DevonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Peter Bottomley18/05/2005Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
James Gray18/05/2005North WiltshireConservativeSeconded
Paul Holmes18/05/2005ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSeconded
Lynne Jones18/05/2005Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn18/05/2005Islington NorthLabourSigned
Desmond Turner18/05/2005Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore19/05/2005HendonLabourSigned
Peter Atkinson19/05/2005HexhamConservativeSigned
David Taylor19/05/2005North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Nicholas Winterton19/05/2005MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Edward Vaizey23/05/2005WantageConservativeSigned
Betty Williams23/05/2005ConwyLabourSigned
Robert Walter23/05/2005North DorsetConservativeSigned
Bill Etherington23/05/2005Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer23/05/2005KeighleyLabourSigned
Bob Spink23/05/2005Castle PointConservativeSigned
Edward Garnier23/05/2005HarboroughConservativeSigned
Alan Meale24/05/2005MansfieldLabourSigned
Greg Pope25/05/2005HyndburnLabourSigned
Bob Russell25/05/2005ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Elfyn Llwyd25/05/2005Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Janet Dean25/05/2005BurtonLabourSigned
Paul Flynn25/05/2005Newport WestLabourSigned
Vincent Cable26/05/2005TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
David Wilshire26/05/2005SpelthorneConservativeSigned
Edward O'Hara26/05/2005Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
David Chaytor08/06/2005Bury NorthLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis08/06/2005Barnsley East and MexboroughLabourSigned
Alan Simpson09/06/2005Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Janet Anderson09/06/2005Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Edward Davey16/06/2005Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Hywel Francis16/06/2005AberavonLabourSigned
Hugo Swire30/06/2005East DevonConservativeSigned
John McDonnell04/07/2005Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Mark Williams04/07/2005CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned

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