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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.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Peter Lilley29/04/2009Hitchin and HarpendenConservativeProposed
Anne Main29/04/2009St AlbansConservativeSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn30/04/2009Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Brian Jenkins30/04/2009TamworthLabourSeconded
Peter Bottomley30/04/2009Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins05/05/2009Luton NorthLabourSeconded
Lynne Jones05/05/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Alan Simpson06/05/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
James Gray06/05/2009North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Paul Flynn07/05/2009Newport WestLabourSigned
Nigel Evans08/05/2009Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Mark Oaten13/05/2009WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Oliver Heald14/05/2009North East HertfordshireConservativeSigned
John McDonnell14/05/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned

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