Countryside March (EDM391)

Countryside March

EDM number 391 in 2000-01, proposed by Brian Sedgemore on 01/03/2001.

That this House is concerned that the magazine Country Life is unable to keep abreast of the news in rural areas; notes that in its edition of 1st March 2001, which was published long after the countryside march had been cancelled, its three page spread on the march begins 'On Sunday March 18th, hundreds of thousands of country people will descend on London...'; but congratulates Country Life for telling the public that this march is not so much a march of ordinary country folk but an indulgent weekend for very rich people; praises Ms Sally Smith for informing us that the Ritz has reduced prices to Ãº370 per couple per night for not only a room but a full English breakfast and the loan of a Ritz umbrella should it rain; is pleased that for less well-off marchers the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Hyde Park, will provide a room for Ãº300 per night with a 'soothing bubble bath' for those with sore feet; and trusts that Country Life readers will boycott the march whose main aim is not the welfare of the countryside but the defence of the barbaric sport of fox-hunting.

This motion has been signed by a total of 43 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Brian Sedgemore	01/03/2001	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Proposed
Dennis Skinner	05/03/2001	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	05/03/2001	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	05/03/2001	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew Miller	05/03/2001	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	05/03/2001	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	06/03/2001	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	06/03/2001	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	06/03/2001	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	06/03/2001	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	06/03/2001	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Ernie Ross	06/03/2001	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Maria Fyfe	07/03/2001	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	07/03/2001	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	07/03/2001	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	07/03/2001	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew Dismore	07/03/2001	Hendon	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	07/03/2001	Easington	Labour	Signed
Eric Clarke	07/03/2001	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	07/03/2001	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	07/03/2001	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	07/03/2001	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	07/03/2001	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	07/03/2001	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	08/03/2001	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	08/03/2001	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	08/03/2001	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	09/03/2001	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	09/03/2001	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	12/03/2001	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	12/03/2001	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	12/03/2001	Keighley	Labour	Signed
John Robertson	13/03/2001	Glasgow, Anniesland	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	13/03/2001	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	13/03/2001	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	13/03/2001	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	14/03/2001	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	15/03/2001	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Ivan Henderson	15/03/2001	Harwich	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	15/03/2001	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Martyn Jones	22/03/2001	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	27/03/2001	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Neil Turner	04/04/2001	Wigan	Labour	Signed

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