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Monkey Puzzle Tree In Swansea

EDM number 1939 in 2007-08, proposed by Martin Caton on 02/07/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Industrial health and safety, Nature conservation and Planning.

That this House is appalled that Liberal Democrat-led Swansea Council plans felling a beautiful, healthy and vigorous 150 year old monkey puzzle tree in the grounds of Llwynderw Primary School, in West Cross, Swansea; notes that this proposal, in a landscaping scheme for the school, comes weeks after both the Leader of the Council and the Cabinet Member for Education gave unequivocal assurances to local residents that the tree would be retained; is astonished that the recommendation to destroy the tree, on health and safety grounds, is based, in part, on the advice of a so-called expert who equated the danger to children posed by a monkey puzzle leaf to that of a discarded hypodermic syringe; and hopes that common sense will prevail and this marvellous landscape feature will be saved for the enjoyment of the children of the school and the people of that part of Swansea.

This motion has been signed by a total of 14 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Martin Caton02/07/2008GowerLabourProposed
Gordon Prentice03/07/2008PendleLabourSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins03/07/2008Luton NorthLabourSeconded
Harry Cohen03/07/2008Leyton and WansteadLabourSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn03/07/2008Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Rudi Vis03/07/2008Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSeconded
John McDonnell07/07/2008Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore07/07/2008HendonLabourSigned
Betty Williams07/07/2008ConwyLabourSigned
Ann Cryer08/07/2008KeighleyLabourSigned
Janet Dean09/07/2008BurtonLabourSigned
Paul Flynn09/07/2008Newport WestLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins10/07/2008TamworthLabourSigned
Eric Illsley16/07/2008Barnsley CentralLabourSigned

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