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London Plane Trees In Parliament Street And Whitehall

EDM number 1941 in 2006-07, proposed by Nicholas Winterton on 18/07/2007.

That this House expresses its sadness at Westminster City Council's decision to fell 12 mature London plane trees and other species of tree in Parliament Street, Whitehall and its environs as part of the council's recently commenced Whitehall Streetscape Project; regrets the sudden loss of these majestic trees from Westminster for spurious reasons of security; further regrets the damage done to London's heritage and the local environmental degradation resulting from the felling of these historic trees, which have formed the backdrop to many important State occasions during the past 60 years, not least the annual National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph; notes with concern the lack of proper public consultation on this element of the project; further notes with concern that only one tree remains visible in the artist's impression of the completed scheme; and calls on Westminster City Council immediately to halt its destruction of these important trees to allow a review of the Whitehall Streetscape Project to permit the remaining trees' inclusion in future works to ensure their preservation for future generations.

This motion has been signed by a total of 48 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Nicholas Winterton18/07/2007MacclesfieldConservativeProposed
Ken Purchase19/07/2007Wolverhampton North EastLabourSeconded
John Hemming19/07/2007Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSeconded
Andrew Rosindell19/07/2007RomfordConservativeSeconded
Dai Davies19/07/2007Blaenau GwentIndependentSeconded
Chris McCafferty19/07/2007Calder ValleyLabourSeconded
Alan Simpson19/07/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Lynne Jones19/07/2007Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Martin Caton19/07/2007GowerLabourSigned
James Gray19/07/2007North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Ann Winterton19/07/2007CongletonConservativeSigned
Ann Cryer23/07/2007KeighleyLabourSigned
Betty Williams23/07/2007ConwyLabourSigned
Robert Wareing23/07/2007Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Andrew George23/07/2007St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Jabez Foster23/07/2007Hastings and RyeLabourSigned
Paul Flynn23/07/2007Newport WestLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore23/07/2007HendonLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins23/07/2007Luton NorthLabourSigned
Kate Hoey23/07/2007VauxhallLabourSigned
Greg Pope23/07/2007HyndburnLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn24/07/2007Islington NorthLabourSigned
Jim Devine24/07/2007LivingstonLabourSigned
Mark Hunter24/07/2007CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Pelling24/07/2007Croydon CentralConservativeSigned
John Austin24/07/2007Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Janet Anderson24/07/2007Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Mike Hancock24/07/2007Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Dean24/07/2007BurtonLabourSigned
John Cummings24/07/2007EasingtonLabourSigned
Derek Conway24/07/2007Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
Malcolm Moss24/07/2007North East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Paul Keetch24/07/2007HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Godsiff24/07/2007Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourSigned
Julie Morgan25/07/2007Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
John McDonnell25/07/2007Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Nick Ainger25/07/2007Carmarthen West and South PembrokeshireLabourSigned
Sammy Wilson25/07/2007East AntrimDUPSigned
Robert Smith26/07/2007West Aberdeenshire and KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Willis26/07/2007Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Elliot Morley26/07/2007ScunthorpeLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins26/07/2007TamworthLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell08/10/2007Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Tom Brake09/10/2007Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Don Touhig11/10/2007IslwynLabourSigned
Bill Etherington15/10/2007Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Evan Harris16/10/2007Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Dodds24/10/2007Belfast NorthDUPSigned

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