Sanctions Against Giant Hedges (EDM101)

Sanctions Against Giant Hedges

EDM number 101 in 1998-99, proposed by Lynne Jones on 09/12/1998.

That this House welcomes the Government's decision to set up a working group to draw up a voluntary code of practice on providing better information on planting and growing leylandii and similarly fast-growing trees; believes however that some form of statutory protection is required for those whose lives have been blighted by overgrown trees and hedges; suggests that one option might be an amendment to the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to allow environmental health officers to judge whether an excessively high hedge constitutes a nuisance; would welcome the flexibility and discretion that such a solution would offer, as well as the subsequent legal action that could be taken to protect victims of giant hedges; and calls on the Government to bolster the objectives of the Working Group to allow consideration of whether such legislative proposals are desirable.

This motion has been signed by a total of 205 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Lynne Jones	09/12/1998	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Proposed
Peter Pike	09/12/1998	Burnley	Labour	Signed
James Plaskitt	09/12/1998	Warwick & Leamington	Labour	Signed
Kerry Pollard	09/12/1998	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	09/12/1998	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Tom Pendry	09/12/1998	Stalybridge & Hyde	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	09/12/1998	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	09/12/1998	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Raymond Powell	09/12/1998	Ogmore	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	09/12/1998	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	09/12/1998	Dover	Labour	Signed
John Randall	09/12/1998	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
Syd Rapson	09/12/1998	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
David Rendel	09/12/1998	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ernie Ross	09/12/1998	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rowe	09/12/1998	Faversham & Mid Kent	Conservative	Signed
Bob Russell	09/12/1998	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christine Russell	09/12/1998	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	09/12/1998	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	09/12/1998	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Sawford	09/12/1998	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Jonathan R Shaw	09/12/1998	Chatham & Aylesford	Labour	Signed
Debra Shipley	09/12/1998	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	09/12/1998	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	09/12/1998	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	09/12/1998	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Angela Smith	09/12/1998	Basildon	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Geraldine Smith	09/12/1998	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	09/12/1998	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Helen Southworth	09/12/1998	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	09/12/1998	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	09/12/1998	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	09/12/1998	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Hope	09/12/1998	Corby	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	09/12/1998	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	09/12/1998	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	09/12/1998	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Alan Hurst	09/12/1998	Braintree	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	09/12/1998	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	09/12/1998	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Helen Jackson	09/12/1998	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Robert Jackson	09/12/1998	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Barry Jones	09/12/1998	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Ieuan Wyn Jones	09/12/1998	Ynys M	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Martyn Jones	09/12/1998	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	09/12/1998	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	09/12/1998	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Kidney	09/12/1998	Stafford	Labour	Signed
Andy King	09/12/1998	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Tess Kingham	09/12/1998	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	09/12/1998	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Stephen Ladyman	09/12/1998	South Thanet	Labour	Signed
Jackie Lawrence	09/12/1998	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Edward Leigh	09/12/1998	Gainsborough	Conservative	Signed
David Lepper	09/12/1998	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Christopher Leslie	09/12/1998	Shipley	Labour	Signed
Tom Levitt	09/12/1998	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Julian Lewis	09/12/1998	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Terry Lewis	09/12/1998	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Ken Livingstone	09/12/1998	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Richard Livsey	09/12/1998	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	09/12/1998	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Tim Loughton	09/12/1998	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Peter Luff	09/12/1998	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Ken Maginnis	09/12/1998	Fermanagh & South Tyrone	UUP	Signed
Alice Mahon	09/12/1998	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Humfrey Malins	09/12/1998	Woking	Conservative	Signed
Gordon Marsden	09/12/1998	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	09/12/1998	Medway	Labour	Signed
John McAllion	09/12/1998	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Robert McCartney	09/12/1998	North Down	UKUP	Signed
John McDonnell	09/12/1998	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Shona McIsaac	09/12/1998	Cleethorpes	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	09/12/1998	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	09/12/1998	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	09/12/1998	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	09/12/1998	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	09/12/1998	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Alasdair Morgan	09/12/1998	Galloway & Upper Nithsdale	Scottish National Party	Signed
Kali Mountford	09/12/1998	Colne Valley	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	09/12/1998	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Archie Norman	09/12/1998	Tunbridge Wells	Conservative	Signed
Mark Oaten	09/12/1998	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Olner	09/12/1998	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Lembit	09/12/1998	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diana Organ	09/12/1998	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Peter Bradley	09/12/1998	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
Graham Brady	09/12/1998	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Tom Brake	09/12/1998	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Brand	09/12/1998	Isle of Wight	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	09/12/1998	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Karen Buck	09/12/1998	Regent's Park and Kensington North	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	09/12/1998	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Christine Butler	09/12/1998	Castle Point	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	09/12/1998	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	09/12/1998	Workington	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	09/12/1998	Gower	Labour	Signed
Sydney Chapman	09/12/1998	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
Eric Clarke	09/12/1998	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Vernon Coaker	09/12/1998	Gedling	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	09/12/1998	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Iain Coleman	09/12/1998	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
Michael Colvin	09/12/1998	Romsey	Conservative	Signed
Robin Corbett	09/12/1998	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	09/12/1998	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	09/12/1998	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	09/12/1998	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	09/12/1998	Keighley	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	09/12/1998	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	09/12/1998	Easington	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	09/12/1998	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	09/12/1998	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	09/12/1998	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Keith Darvill	09/12/1998	Upminster	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	09/12/1998	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Geraint Davies	09/12/1998	Croydon Central	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	09/12/1998	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	09/12/1998	Burton	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	09/12/1998	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	09/12/1998	Lagan Valley	UUP	Signed
David Drew	09/12/1998	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Julia Drown	09/12/1998	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	09/12/1998	Crewe & Nantwich	Labour	Signed
Maria Eagle	09/12/1998	Liverpool, Garston	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	09/12/1998	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	09/12/1998	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	09/12/1998	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	09/12/1998	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	09/12/1998	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Howard Flight	09/12/1998	Arundel & South Downs	Conservative	Signed
Don Foster	09/12/1998	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	09/12/1998	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	09/12/1998	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Christopher Gill	09/12/1998	Ludlow	Conservative	Signed
Norman Godman	09/12/1998	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Eileen Gordon	09/12/1998	Romford	Labour	Signed
Richard Allan	09/12/1998	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Amess	09/12/1998	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	09/12/1998	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	09/12/1998	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Candy Atherton	09/12/1998	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
John Austin	09/12/1998	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	09/12/1998	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jackie Ballard	09/12/1998	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	09/12/1998	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Nigel Beard	09/12/1998	Bexleyheath & Crayford	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	09/12/1998	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Martin Bell	09/12/1998	Tatton	Independent	Signed
Tony Benn	09/12/1998	Chesterfield	Labour	Signed
Gerry Bermingham	09/12/1998	St Helens South	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	09/12/1998	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Crispin Blunt	09/12/1998	Reigate	Conservative	Signed
David Borrow	09/12/1998	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	09/12/1998	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Anthony Steen	09/12/1998	Totnes	Conservative	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	09/12/1998	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	09/12/1998	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	09/12/1998	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	09/12/1998	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Swayne	09/12/1998	New Forest West	Conservative	Signed
John Swinney	09/12/1998	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Robert Syms	09/12/1998	Poole	Conservative	Signed
Dari Taylor	09/12/1998	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	09/12/1998	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Matthew Taylor	09/12/1998	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Temple-Morris	09/12/1998	Leominster	Labour	Signed
William Thompson	09/12/1998	West Tyrone	UUP	Signed
David Tredinnick	09/12/1998	Bosworth	Conservative	Signed
Desmond Turner	09/12/1998	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	09/12/1998	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	09/12/1998	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	09/12/1998	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	09/12/1998	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Dave Watts	09/12/1998	St Helens North	Labour	Signed
Brian White	09/12/1998	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Dafydd Wigley	09/12/1998	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Alan Williams	09/12/1998	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Alan Williams	09/12/1998	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Labour	Signed
David Winnick	09/12/1998	Walsall North	Labour	Signed
Ann Winterton	09/12/1998	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	09/12/1998	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Audrey Wise	09/12/1998	Preston	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	09/12/1998	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	09/12/1998	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	10/12/1998	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Shaun Woodward	14/12/1998	Witney	Conservative	Signed
Edward O'Hara	16/12/1998	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	17/12/1998	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	17/12/1998	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Johnson Smith	14/01/1999	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	18/01/1999	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	19/01/1999	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	21/01/1999	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew Dismore	25/01/1999	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Laurence Robertson	03/03/1999	Tewkesbury	Conservative	Signed
Bob Laxton	26/03/1999	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	12/05/1999	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	13/05/1999	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	13/05/1999	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Berry	30/06/1999	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	27/07/1999	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
John Wilkinson	19/10/1999	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
Chris Mullin	Unknown			Withdrawn
Malcolm Wicks	Unknown			Withdrawn
Lynda Clark	Unknown			Withdrawn

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