Ash Dieback

EDM number 624 in 2012-13, proposed by Barry Sheerman on 23/10/2012.
Categorised under the topics of Countryside, Diseases and Environmental protection.

That this House is deeply disturbed by the rapid increase of the scourge of ash dieback in the UK, which has been confirmed on at least 10 sites; notes that this disease has the capacity to destroy up to 30 per cent of our native woodlands; and calls on the Government to avoid prolonged consultation and take immediate action to ban the import of ash saplings, the known source of the problem.

This motion has been signed by a total of 25 MPs.