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Resignation Of Sir Frederick Holliday

EDM number 1110 in 1990-91, proposed by Win Griffiths on 11/07/1991.

That this House expresses its deep concern over the resignation of Sir Frederick Holliday as Chairman of the Joint Nature Conservation Council of Great Britain (JNCC); notes that his resignation follows a Government decision to back a Scottish landowner's amendment to the Scottish Natural Heritage Bill allowing the review of all the sites of special scientific interest established in Scotland by the Nature Conservation Council; recalls that on his appointment Sir Frederick Holliday said that his ultimate sanction against Government interference would be his resignation; regrets that such a distinguished conservationist believes he could best serve the interests of nature conservation in Britain by vacating the post of independent chairman; and concludes that his resignation is further evidence that the Government's action falls far short of its expressed concern for the environment even when made by the Prime Minister at the beginning of this week.

This motion has been signed by a total of 40 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Win Griffiths11/07/1991BridgendProposed
Joyce Quin11/07/1991Gateshead EastSigned
Calum MacDonald11/07/1991Na h-Eileanan an IarSigned
Tam Dalyell11/07/1991LinlithgowSigned
Ron Davies11/07/1991CaerphillySigned
Brian Wilson11/07/1991Cunninghame NorthSigned
Dennis Skinner12/07/1991BolsoverSigned
Harry Barnes12/07/1991North East DerbyshireSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie15/07/1991Glasgow, PollokSigned
Andrew Faulds15/07/1991Warley EastSigned
Terry Davis15/07/1991Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Frank Cook15/07/1991Stockton NorthSigned
Mo Mowlam15/07/1991RedcarSigned
Bill Michie15/07/1991Sheffield, HeeleySigned
William McKelvey15/07/1991Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
John McAllion15/07/1991Dundee EastSigned
Alice Mahon15/07/1991HalifaxSigned
Roy Hughes15/07/1991Newport EastSigned
Ernie Ross15/07/1991Dundee WestSigned
Martin Redmond15/07/1991Don ValleySigned
Robert Parry15/07/1991Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Ian McCartney15/07/1991MakerfieldSigned
Norman Godman16/07/1991Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Harry Ewing16/07/1991Falkirk EastSigned
John Cummings16/07/1991EasingtonSigned
Keith Bradley16/07/1991Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Alan Meale16/07/1991MansfieldSigned
Terry Lewis16/07/1991WorsleySigned
David Marshall17/07/1991Glasgow, ShettlestonSigned
Alistair Darling17/07/1991Edinburgh CentralSigned
Gerry Steinberg17/07/1991Durham, City ofSigned
Jack Thompson17/07/1991WansbeckSigned
Alan Wynne Williams17/07/1991CarmarthenSigned
John McFall18/07/1991DumbartonSigned
Chris Smith23/07/1991Islington South & FinsburySigned
James Wray23/07/1991Glasgow ProvanSigned
Eric Illsley24/07/1991Barnsley CentralSigned
Maria Fyfe24/07/1991Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
Audrey Wise24/07/1991PrestonSigned
Martyn Jones25/07/1991Clwyd South WestSigned

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