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Decision On Edinburgh Flood Defence Scheme

EDM number 791 in 2006-07, proposed by Mark Lazarowicz on 31/01/2007.

That this House notes that it is now seven years since hundreds of residents along the Water of Leith in Edinburgh suffered severe flooding; further notes that the City of Edinburgh Council speedily drew up a flood defence scheme which it submitted to the Scottish Executive for approval; further notes that a report was submitted from the public inquiry into the scheme in September 2005, and that a decision on the scheme has been awaited ever since; and urges the Liberal Democrat Minister for Environment and Rural Development, Ross Finnie MSP, not to delay any further in reaching a decision, but to approve the scheme as soon as possible in order to end the uncertainty endured by residents in the affected area.

This motion has been signed by a total of 16 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Mark Lazarowicz31/01/2007Edinburgh North and LeithLabourProposed
Gavin Strang31/01/2007Edinburgh EastLabourSeconded
Anne Moffat31/01/2007East LothianLabourSeconded
Russell Brown31/01/2007Dumfries and GallowayLabourSeconded
David Hamilton31/01/2007MidlothianLabourSeconded
Bob Spink31/01/2007Castle PointConservativeSeconded
Lynne Jones01/02/2007Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Alan Meale01/02/2007MansfieldLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn01/02/2007Islington NorthLabourSigned
David Anderson01/02/2007BlaydonLabourSigned
Ann Cryer02/02/2007KeighleyLabourSigned
Alan Simpson07/02/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Eric Illsley08/02/2007Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Rudi Vis21/02/2007Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Bill Etherington27/02/2007Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
John McDonnell07/03/2007Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned

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