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2009 National Tree Week

EDM number 478 in 2009-10, proposed by Simon Hughes on 15/12/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Environmental protection.

That this House congratulates the Secretary of State for the Environment on planting the first tree to celebrate the launch of the Tree Council's 35th National Tree Week with its theme of Grow Your Own; hopes that many more people across the UK will follow his lead and plant trees for food crops, trees for fuel sources, trees for wildlife, trees for biodiversity, and not least, trees for future generations; commends the actions of tree wardens, community groups, schools charities and other Tree Council supporters who are planning tree planting events in the weeks to come; recognises, in particular, that traditional British orchards have become a nationally scarce resource over the last 50 years and regrets that Britain now imports nearly twice as many apples from abroad as are grown in the UK; acknowledges that better varieties can be grown throughout Britain, even in small back gardens, and the UK can thereby benefit from free food for years to come and help preserve some of the wonderful native varieties that are peculiar to different parts of the UK; suggests that more trees are also needed to create shade in streets, around buildings, in open rural spaces, to provide a habitat for biodiversity that is threatened by a changing climate and to further beautify the landscape; further acknowledges that wherever the right tree can be planted in the right place, communities come together and think about their environment, increasing awareness of the impact of their own actions; and encourages everyone to get out their tree planting boots, wield a spade and grow their own.

This motion has been signed by a total of 44 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Simon Hughes15/12/2009North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratProposed
Andrew George15/12/2009St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Bob Spink15/12/2009Castle PointIndependentSeconded
David Taylor16/12/2009North West LeicestershireLabourWithdrawn
Andrew Dismore16/12/2009HendonLabourSeconded
Lady Hermon16/12/2009North DownUUPSeconded
Peter Bottomley16/12/2009Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Harry Cohen16/12/2009Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Mark Hunter16/12/2009CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams16/12/2009Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech16/12/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams16/12/2009ConwyLabourSigned
Mike Hancock16/12/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Dodds16/12/2009Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Martin Caton16/12/2009GowerLabourSigned
Paul Burstow16/12/2009Sutton and CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Christopher Huhne16/12/2009EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Russell16/12/2009ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Baldry05/01/2010BanburyConservativeSigned
Mark Williams05/01/2010CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer05/01/2010KeighleyLabourSigned
Alun Michael05/01/2010Cardiff South and PenarthLabourSigned
Lynne Jones05/01/2010Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Michael Clapham05/01/2010Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Nick Harvey06/01/2010North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Keetch06/01/2010HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
John Mann06/01/2010BassetlawLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty06/01/2010Calder ValleyLabourSigned
John McDonnell06/01/2010Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Dai Davies06/01/2010Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
David Drew07/01/2010StroudLabourSigned
Alan Simpson07/01/2010Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Andy Reed07/01/2010LoughboroughLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins11/01/2010Luton NorthLabourSigned
William McCrea12/01/2010South AntrimDUPSigned
John Barrett12/01/2010Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis13/01/2010Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins14/01/2010TamworthLabourSigned
Bill Etherington19/01/2010Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Eddie McGrady27/01/2010South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Greg Mulholland28/01/2010Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
David Crausby01/02/2010Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Andrew Rosindell02/02/2010RomfordConservativeSigned
Diane Abbott08/02/2010Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned

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