LOCK-KEEPERS' RESIDENCES

EDM number 1587 in 2007-08, proposed by Ian Taylor on 15/05/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Housing and Shipping.

That this House is concerned about the Environment Agency's proposal to dispose by sale or letting of 22 lock-keepers' homes along the Thames; recognises the importance of lock-keepers being resident in homes adjacent to locks to maintain safety on the river; fears for the welfare of the lock-keepers and their families; and calls on the Government to ask the Environment Agency to re-examine its decision so as to protect this unique part of the nation's river heritage and the tradition of lock-keepers living at the site of locks.

This motion has been signed by a total of 77 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.