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National Parks Week 2014

EDM number 299 in 2014-15, proposed by Timothy Farron on 01/09/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Countryside and Tourism.

That this House welcomes National Parks Week 2014, running from 28 July to 3 August; sees the UK's national parks as valuable assets to the UK which are enjoyed by millions of visitors each year from all corners of the globe, as well as local British people; celebrates the diverse and varying environments found in our national parks; notes that they are havens for wild flora and fauna, have breath-taking scenery, contain thousands of years of historical heritage and represent opportunities for education, exercise, cultural enrichment, physical and mental peace and spiritual activity and a home for thousands of businesses; further notes that businesses in the national parks make a significant contribution to the British economy and break new ground with environmentally sustainable business practices and technologies; and recognises the hard work that thousands of people undertake to make our national parks a success, including farmers, business people, local residents, national park authorities, tourists and environmentalists.

This motion has been signed by a total of 26 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Tim Farron01/09/2014Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratProposed
Jim Shannon02/09/2014StrangfordDUPSeconded
Alan Meale02/09/2014MansfieldLabourSeconded
Jim Dobbin02/09/2014Heywood and MiddletonLabourSeconded
David Ward02/09/2014Bradford EastLiberal DemocratSeconded
Greg Mulholland02/09/2014Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSeconded
Martin Caton03/09/2014GowerLabourSigned
Linda Riordan03/09/2014HalifaxLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell03/09/2014Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Mike Hancock04/09/2014Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Annette Brooke04/09/2014Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Mary Glindon04/09/2014North TynesideLabourSigned
Hywel Francis05/09/2014AberavonLabourSigned
Mark Williams08/09/2014CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Elfyn Llwyd09/09/2014Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
John Leech09/09/2014Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson10/09/2014Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Caroline Lucas12/09/2014Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
Yasmin Qureshi13/10/2014Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Naomi Long13/10/2014Belfast EastAllianceSigned
Andrew Rosindell13/10/2014RomfordConservativeSigned
Mark Hunter13/10/2014CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Murphy14/10/2014TorfaenLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff15/10/2014Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
David Crausby21/10/2014Bolton North EastLabourSigned
John McDonnell22/10/2014Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned

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