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Inland Waterways And Funding

EDM number 233 in 2009-10, proposed by Bob Laxton on 25/11/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Leisure and Water.

That this House notes that the UK inland waterways are a national treasure which have significantly improved in recent years; shares the Government's view that the waterways nevertheless need new investment; further notes that nearly half of the money that British Waterways needs to maintain the network comes from its property portfolio; further notes that funding cuts in British Waterways' grant-in-aid from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs mean that the shortfall British Waterways faces in the money it needs to properly fund its waterways is increased to about £40 million; believes the inland waterways should be treated as a national park; supports the Save our System 2010 campaign launched by the Inland Waterways Association; and further notes that the funding shortfall should be reinstated and the property portfolio protected so that it can provide a secure funding stream to ensure that the inland waterways can continue to be enjoyed by millions in years to come.

This motion has been signed by a total of 62 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Bob Laxton25/11/2009Derby NorthLabourProposed
Lindsay Hoyle25/11/2009ChorleyLabourSeconded
Nigel Evans25/11/2009Ribble ValleyConservativeSeconded
Bob Spink25/11/2009Castle PointIndependentSeconded
Peter Bottomley25/11/2009Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
David Taylor26/11/2009North West LeicestershireLabourWithdrawn
Mike Hancock26/11/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
James Gray26/11/2009North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Stephen Williams26/11/2009Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Nicholas Winterton26/11/2009MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Ann Winterton26/11/2009CongletonConservativeSigned
Rudi Vis26/11/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
David Borrow26/11/2009South RibbleLabourSigned
John Battle26/11/2009Leeds WestLabourSigned
Janet Anderson26/11/2009Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
David Drew26/11/2009StroudLabourSigned
Ann Cryer26/11/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Martin Caton26/11/2009GowerLabourSigned
Colin Burgon26/11/2009ElmetLabourSigned
Alan Meale26/11/2009MansfieldLabourSigned
William McCrea26/11/2009South AntrimDUPSigned
Ian McCartney26/11/2009MakerfieldLabourSigned
Martyn Jones26/11/2009Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins26/11/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Paul Holmes26/11/2009ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Dai Havard26/11/2009Merthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabourSigned
Lynne Jones30/11/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Malcolm Moss30/11/2009North East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Jeremy Corbyn30/11/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
Bill Etherington30/11/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Joan Walley30/11/2009Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore01/12/2009HendonLabourSigned
John Austin01/12/2009Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Clare Short01/12/2009Birmingham, LadywoodIndependent LabourSigned
David Heyes01/12/2009Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Nick Harvey01/12/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Levitt01/12/2009High PeakLabourSigned
Janet Dean02/12/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Mark Fisher02/12/2009Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabourSigned
Tim Farron02/12/2009Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Angela Smith02/12/2009Sheffield, HillsboroughLabourSigned
Anne Main02/12/2009St AlbansConservativeSigned
Andrew Pelling02/12/2009Croydon CentralIndependentSigned
John Pugh03/12/2009SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson03/12/2009Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
David Hamilton03/12/2009MidlothianLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard07/12/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
David Anderson07/12/2009BlaydonLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell07/12/2009Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Illsley07/12/2009Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn07/12/2009JarrowLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell08/12/2009East LondonderryDUPSigned
Ian Taylor08/12/2009Esher and WaltonConservativeSigned
James Plaskitt15/12/2009Warwick and LeamingtonLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins15/12/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Charlotte Atkins15/12/2009Staffordshire MoorlandsLabourSigned
Evan Harris16/12/2009Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris McCafferty05/01/2010Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Don Foster05/01/2010BathLiberal DemocratSigned
David Crausby06/01/2010Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Andy Reed07/01/2010LoughboroughLabourSigned
Alan Simpson12/01/2010Nottingham SouthLabourSigned

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