Planning Policy And Supermarkets

EDM number 1371 in 2007-08, proposed by Clive Betts on 21/04/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Planning and Service industries.

That this House welcomes the decision by the Competition Commission, reported in its Provisional Decision on Planning Remedies report, not to proceed with previous recommendations to weaken planning policy and planning policy statements in relation to town centres to allow for more supermarkets to be built on the edge of towns and in out of town locations; notes that the recommended remedies from the Competition Commission include a competition assessment to prevent an individual retailer gaining a very high level of concentration in local markets but is disappointed that the Commission's proposal would only apply if a retailer gained 60 per cent. of the local market and that the remedies will do nothing to halt the closure of independent smaller shops; further notes that a high percentage of new supermarkets continue to be built out of town leading to an increase in car-based shopping and related climate change emissions; believes that there will be a disproportionate effect on households without cars if more local shops are lost; and calls on the Government, in its forthcoming revision of Planning Policy Statement 6, to retain key existing tests such as need, accessibility and scale and to strengthen planning policy for town centres and encourage a better mix of retail by also introducing a presumption against out of town retail development and new tests for diversity, local economic impact and carbon emissions.

This motion has been signed by a total of 189 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Clive Betts	21/04/2008	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Proposed
Jim Dowd	21/04/2008	Lewisham West	Labour	Seconded
Brian Binley	21/04/2008	Northampton South	Conservative	Seconded
Andrew George	21/04/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Mark Durkan	21/04/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Bob Russell	21/04/2008	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Gary Streeter	21/04/2008	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
Gavin Strang	21/04/2008	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	21/04/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
David Borrow	21/04/2008	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	21/04/2008	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	21/04/2008	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hugh Bayley	21/04/2008	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	21/04/2008	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	21/04/2008	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Swayne	21/04/2008	New Forest West	Conservative	Signed
Robert Syms	21/04/2008	Poole	Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	21/04/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Ian Taylor	21/04/2008	Esher & Walton	Conservative	Signed
Matthew Taylor	21/04/2008	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	21/04/2008	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Touhig	21/04/2008	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	21/04/2008	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
John Battle	21/04/2008	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	21/04/2008	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Louise Ellman	21/04/2008	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	21/04/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	21/04/2008	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	21/04/2008	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Edward Garnier	21/04/2008	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
Neil Gerrard	21/04/2008	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	21/04/2008	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Linda Gilroy	21/04/2008	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour	Signed
Robert Goodwill	21/04/2008	Scarborough & Whitby	Conservative	Signed
James Gray	21/04/2008	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Diane Abbott	21/04/2008	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	21/04/2008	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	21/04/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Ancram	21/04/2008	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Peter Atkinson	21/04/2008	Hexham	Conservative	Signed
Adrian Bailey	21/04/2008	West Bromwich West	Labour	Signed
David Drew	21/04/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	21/04/2008	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	21/04/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	21/04/2008	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	21/04/2008	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Howarth	21/04/2008	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Susan Kramer	21/04/2008	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	21/04/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stuart	21/04/2008	Beverley & Holderness	Conservative	Signed
Jo Swinson	21/04/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	21/04/2008	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Main	21/04/2008	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Linda Riordan	21/04/2008	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	21/04/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lee Scott	21/04/2008	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Mark Williams	21/04/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Wright	21/04/2008	Rugby & Kenilworth	Conservative	Signed
Jennifer Willott	21/04/2008	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	21/04/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Philip Dunne	21/04/2008	Ludlow	Conservative	Signed
Adam Holloway	21/04/2008	Gravesham	Conservative	Signed
Robert Walter	21/04/2008	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Waterson	21/04/2008	Eastbourne	Conservative	Signed
Steve Webb	21/04/2008	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	21/04/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	21/04/2008	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Roger Williams	21/04/2008	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sammy Wilson	21/04/2008	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	21/04/2008	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Mike Wood	21/04/2008	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	21/04/2008	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Danny Alexander	21/04/2008	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Benyon	21/04/2008	Newbury	Conservative	Signed
Jeremy Browne	21/04/2008	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Burrowes	21/04/2008	Enfield, Southgate	Conservative	Signed
Lorely Burt	21/04/2008	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Crabb	21/04/2008	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Conservative	Signed
Willie Rennie	21/04/2008	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	21/04/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	21/04/2008	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Charles Hendry	21/04/2008	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	21/04/2008	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	21/04/2008	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	21/04/2008	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	21/04/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Horam	21/04/2008	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	21/04/2008	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	21/04/2008	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christopher Huhne	21/04/2008	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	21/04/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	21/04/2008	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	21/04/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	21/04/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	21/04/2008	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Sally Keeble	21/04/2008	Northampton North	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	21/04/2008	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	21/04/2008	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Oliver Heald	21/04/2008	North East Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Gordon Prentice	21/04/2008	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	21/04/2008	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Pugh	21/04/2008	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy Reed	21/04/2008	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	21/04/2008	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Selous	21/04/2008	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Alan Simpson	21/04/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Keith Simpson	21/04/2008	Mid Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Marsha Singh	21/04/2008	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	21/04/2008	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	21/04/2008	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Soames	21/04/2008	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
Michael Spicer	21/04/2008	West Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Bob Spink	21/04/2008	Castle Point	Independent Conservative	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	21/04/2008	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	21/04/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	21/04/2008	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
Eleanor Laing	21/04/2008	Epping Forest	Conservative	Signed
Edward Leigh	21/04/2008	Gainsborough	Conservative	Signed
Colin Breed	21/04/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	21/04/2008	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Burns	21/04/2008	West Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Vincent Cable	21/04/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gregory Campbell	21/04/2008	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Menzies Campbell	21/04/2008	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	21/04/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ben Chapman	21/04/2008	Wirral South	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	21/04/2008	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	21/04/2008	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	21/04/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	21/04/2008	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	21/04/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	21/04/2008	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
David Davies	21/04/2008	Monmouth	Conservative	Signed
Janet Dean	21/04/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	21/04/2008	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lembit	21/04/2008	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Olner	21/04/2008	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	21/04/2008	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Tom Levitt	21/04/2008	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	21/04/2008	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	21/04/2008	Medway	Labour	Signed
Michael Mates	21/04/2008	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Chris McCafferty	21/04/2008	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	21/04/2008	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
John McDonnell	21/04/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Michael Meacher	21/04/2008	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	21/04/2008	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	21/04/2008	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Murrison	21/04/2008	Westbury	Conservative	Signed
Denis Murphy	21/04/2008	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	21/04/2008	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	21/04/2008	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	21/04/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Stewart Jackson	22/04/2008	Peterborough	Conservative	Signed
Karen Buck	22/04/2008			Signed
Annette Brooke	22/04/2008	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Osborne	22/04/2008	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	22/04/2008	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	22/04/2008	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	22/04/2008	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
William McCrea	23/04/2008	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Harry Cohen	23/04/2008	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	23/04/2008	Easington	Labour	Signed
Tim Loughton	24/04/2008	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
John Hemming	24/04/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	28/04/2008	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	29/04/2008	Strangford	DUP	Signed
David Maclean	30/04/2008	Penrith & The Border	Conservative	Signed
Edward O'Hara	01/05/2008	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	06/05/2008	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	08/05/2008	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Andrew MacKay	15/05/2008	Bracknell	Conservative	Signed
John Butterfill	16/05/2008	Bournemouth West	Conservative	Signed
Martin Linton	16/05/2008	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	20/05/2008	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	02/06/2008	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	02/06/2008	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	02/06/2008	Selby	Labour	Signed
Tim Farron	02/06/2008	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Penrose	02/06/2008	Weston-Super-Mare	Conservative	Signed
Peter Soulsby	04/06/2008	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	12/06/2008	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ben Wallace	13/06/2008	Lancaster & Wyre	Conservative	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	16/06/2008	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	17/06/2008	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	15/07/2008	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	16/07/2008	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	04/11/2008	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann McKechin	Unknown			Withdrawn

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