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Rochdale Canal

EDM number 2863 in 2005-06, proposed by Paul Rowen on 25/10/2006.

That this House welcomes the environmental, leisure and cultural benefits that the restored Rochdale Canal brings to the districts it passes through; further welcomes the increased investment and economic growth the canal has brought in areas like Canalside in Rochdale; notes that a further £10 million will be needed to complete the restoration of Rochdale Canal; further notes that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs plans to cut British Waterways' funding by £60 million over five years, of which £600,000 will be cut from this year's winter maintenance budget for Rochdale Canal; is concerned that these cuts in funding may jeopardise the future of waterways such as Rochdale Canal; and calls on the Government to acknowledge the important role that Rochdale Canal still plays in Manchester, Lancashire and West Yorkshire by restoring British Waterways' cut in funding.

This motion has been signed by a total of 32 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Paul Rowen25/10/2006RochdaleLiberal DemocratProposed
David Drew26/10/2006StroudLabourSeconded
Lynne Jones26/10/2006Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Michael Clapham26/10/2006Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSeconded
Andrew George26/10/2006St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Ann Cryer26/10/2006KeighleyLabourSeconded
Mike Hancock26/10/2006Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Linda Riordan26/10/2006HalifaxLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin26/10/2006Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden26/10/2006Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
John Pugh26/10/2006SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Spink30/10/2006Castle PointConservativeSigned
David Heyes30/10/2006Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle30/10/2006ChorleyLabourSigned
Bill Olner31/10/2006NuneatonLabourSigned
Mark Hunter31/10/2006CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech31/10/2006Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bottomley31/10/2006Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Jeremy Corbyn31/10/2006Islington NorthLabourSigned
Paul Holmes31/10/2006ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Iris Robinson31/10/2006StrangfordDUPSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson01/11/2006Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Graham Stringer01/11/2006Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt01/11/2006Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins06/11/2006TamworthLabourSigned
John McDonnell06/11/2006Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Bill Etherington06/11/2006Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell06/11/2006Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
John Hemming06/11/2006Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Evan Harris07/11/2006Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Kelvin Hopkins07/11/2006Luton NorthLabourSigned
Phil Willis07/11/2006Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned

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