Non-Native Invasive Species (EDM390)

Non-Native Invasive Species

EDM number 390 in 2009-10, proposed by Andrew George on 08/12/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Environmental protection.

That this House is concerned that the annual cost to the economy of non-native invasive species such as Japanese knotweed, Himalayan balsam and Hottentot fig is in excess of two billion pounds; notes that the most cost-effective and least environmentally-damaging approach to solving the problems caused by non-native invasive species is through prevention, rapid response and early intervention; recognises that non-native invasive species have the ability to cause damage to the environment, the economy, our health and the way we live; further notes that the Invasive Non-Native Species Framework Strategy for Great Britain calls for a rapid response system to be created and preventative approach adopted; expresses regret that sufficiently robust controls to prevent the arrival of species known to already be causing damage elsewhere are not in place; expresses further regret that there is no statutory obligation for statutory bodies to enact a rapid response system and no designated resources have been declared for prevention and rapid response; and calls on the Government to designate responsibility and resources so that such systems can be implemented.

This motion has been signed by a total of 37 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Andrew George	08/12/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Peter Ainsworth	08/12/2009	East Surrey	Conservative	Seconded
Nick Palmer	08/12/2009	Broxtowe	Labour	Seconded
Bob Spink	08/12/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	09/12/2009	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Mike Hancock	09/12/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Colin Breed	09/12/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	09/12/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	09/12/2009	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	09/12/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Paul Flynn	09/12/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
David Drew	09/12/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	09/12/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	09/12/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Elliot Morley	09/12/2009	Scunthorpe	Labour	Signed
Robert Key	09/12/2009	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Lynne Jones	09/12/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	09/12/2009	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	10/12/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	10/12/2009	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
Rudi Vis	10/12/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	14/12/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Maclean	14/12/2009	Penrith and The Border	Conservative	Signed
David Chaytor	14/12/2009	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	14/12/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	14/12/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	15/12/2009	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	15/12/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stringer	15/12/2009	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	15/12/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
David Heath	15/12/2009	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	16/12/2009	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Anderson	16/12/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	05/01/2010	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/01/2010	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/01/2010	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Kim Howells	20/01/2010	Pontypridd	Labour	Signed

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