Heartwood Forest Project
EDM number 1391 in 2008-09, proposed by Peter Lilley on 29/04/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Forestry.
That this House congratulates the Woodland Trust on its Heartwood Forest project in Hertfordshire where it plans to create England's largest new native woodland for the public to enjoy for free forever; notes the enormous potential of the project for engaging the public with the natural environment; acknowledges the benefits it will bring to wildlife through buffering four small remnants of ancient woodland, a habitat which now makes up only two per cent. of UK landcover; further notes that it will demonstrate the wider benefits of woodland creation in the UK, which is regrettably one of the least wooded countries in Europe, including public health and the adaptation of the natural environment to climate change; and urges the Government to accord greater priority to woodland creation in its forestry policy.
This motion has been signed by a total of 14 MPs.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
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Peter Lilley | 29/04/2009 | Hitchin and Harpenden | Conservative | Proposed |
Anne Main | 29/04/2009 | St Albans | Conservative | Seconded |
Jeremy Corbyn | 30/04/2009 | Islington North | Labour | Seconded |
Brian Jenkins | 30/04/2009 | Tamworth | Labour | Seconded |
Peter Bottomley | 30/04/2009 | Worthing West | Conservative | Seconded |
Kelvin Hopkins | 05/05/2009 | Luton North | Labour | Seconded |
Lynne Jones | 05/05/2009 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
Alan Simpson | 06/05/2009 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
James Gray | 06/05/2009 | North Wiltshire | Conservative | Signed |
Paul Flynn | 07/05/2009 | Newport West | Labour | Signed |
Nigel Evans | 08/05/2009 | Ribble Valley | Conservative | Signed |
Mark Oaten | 13/05/2009 | Winchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Oliver Heald | 14/05/2009 | North East Hertfordshire | Conservative | Signed |
John McDonnell | 14/05/2009 | Hayes and Harlington | Labour | Signed |
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