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Grassland Farming

EDM number 827 in 1998-99, proposed by Nick Harvey on 14/07/1999.

That this House notes the difficulties faced by farmers, in particular grassland farmers; welcomes the fact that the draft texts of the Rural Development regulations following the Berlin Summit allow support for planting costs of energy crops on grassland; regrets that annual maintenance costs for farm support are specifically excluded; applauds the contribution to the environment which can be made by short crop rotation of biomass crops on grassland; notes that biomass crops are low input, facilitate biodiversity and that they are an effective renewable energy source for combating climate change; and calls on the Government to redress the inequality of support between arable and grassland farmers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 23 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Nick Harvey14/07/1999North DevonLiberal DemocratProposed
Martyn Jones14/07/1999Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
James Gray14/07/1999North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Paul Tyler14/07/1999North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Williams14/07/1999Carmarthen East & DinefwrLabourSigned
Paul Keetch15/07/1999HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Brand15/07/1999Isle of WightLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew15/07/1999StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Andrew George15/07/1999St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Nicholas Winterton15/07/1999MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Peter Bottomley16/07/1999Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Lynne Jones16/07/1999Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Barry Jones19/07/1999Alyn & DeesideLabourSigned
Charles Kennedy19/07/1999Ross, Skye & Inverness WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn20/07/1999Islington NorthLabourSigned
Brian Cotter20/07/1999Weston-Super-MareLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Jones21/07/1999CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell21/07/1999Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Mark Oaten21/07/1999WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
David Chidgey21/07/1999EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
John Cummings21/07/1999EasingtonLabourSigned
Roy Beggs21/07/1999East AntrimUUPSigned
Alan Simpson22/07/1999Nottingham SouthLabourSigned

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