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Out Of Town Shopping Centres

EDM number 550 in 2007-08, proposed by Clive Betts on 11/12/2007.
Categorised under the topics of Climate change, Environmental protection, Roads, Service industries and Small businesses.

That this House is concerned by proposals from the Competition Commission in its Provisional Findings report 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 majority of supermarkets are already being built in out of town centres; notes that many independent smaller shops are closing each year and reducing people's choice of where to shop; believes that a weakening of policy in this way would allow all types of retail to locate out of town leading to an increase in car-based shopping and related climate change emissions; further believes that there will be a disproportionate effect on households without cars if more local shops are lost; and calls on the Government to retain key existing tests such as need, accessibility and scale and to strengthen, rather than weaken, planning policy for town centres 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This motion has been signed by a total of 192 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Clive Betts11/12/2007Sheffield, AttercliffeLabourProposed
Bob Russell11/12/2007ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Mark Durkan11/12/2007FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Andrew George11/12/2007St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Brian Binley11/12/2007Northampton SouthConservativeSeconded
Jim Dowd11/12/2007Lewisham WestLabourSeconded
Ann Cryer12/12/2007KeighleyLabourSigned
David Drew12/12/2007StroudLabourSigned
Mike Hancock12/12/2007Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Graham Stringer12/12/2007Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
David Taylor12/12/2007North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Desmond Turner12/12/2007Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Rudi Vis12/12/2007Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Sammy Wilson12/12/2007East AntrimDUPSigned
John Leech12/12/2007Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams12/12/2007Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Caton12/12/2007GowerLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell12/12/2007East LondonderryDUPSigned
Gordon Prentice12/12/2007PendleLabourSigned
Adrian Sanders12/12/2007TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson12/12/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Bob Spink12/12/2007Castle PointConservativeSigned
Paul Holmes12/12/2007ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Lindsay Hoyle12/12/2007ChorleyLabourSigned
Lynne Jones12/12/2007Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell12/12/2007Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
John McDonnell12/12/2007Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Colin Breed12/12/2007South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Neil Gerrard13/12/2007WalthamstowLabourSigned
Ian Gibson13/12/2007Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Nicholas Winterton13/12/2007MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Mark Williams13/12/2007CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn13/12/2007Islington NorthLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt13/12/2007CrawleyLabourSigned
Alan Meale13/12/2007MansfieldLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins13/12/2007TamworthLabourSigned
David Heyes13/12/2007Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
John Pugh13/12/2007SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
David Lepper17/12/2007Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden17/12/2007Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Betty Williams17/12/2007ConwyLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith18/12/2007Bristol North WestLabourSigned
John Horam18/12/2007OrpingtonConservativeSigned
Gerald Kaufman07/01/2008Manchester, GortonLabourSigned
Vincent Cable07/01/2008TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Berry07/01/2008KingswoodLabourSigned
Mark Hunter07/01/2008CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Walter08/01/2008North DorsetConservativeSigned
Paul Truswell08/01/2008PudseyLabourSigned
Gavin Strang08/01/2008Edinburgh EastLabourSigned
Peter Atkinson08/01/2008HexhamConservativeSigned
Fabian Hamilton08/01/2008Leeds North EastLabourSigned
Phyllis Starkey08/01/2008Milton Keynes South WestLabourSigned
Diane Abbott09/01/2008Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Desmond Swayne09/01/2008New Forest WestConservativeSigned
Ian Taylor09/01/2008Esher & WaltonConservativeSigned
Andrew Stunell10/01/2008Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Ancram10/01/2008DevizesConservativeSigned
Mark Oaten10/01/2008WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Mates10/01/2008East HampshireConservativeSigned
Kate Hoey10/01/2008VauxhallLabourSigned
Nick Harvey10/01/2008North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Benyon14/01/2008NewburyConservativeSigned
Adrian Bailey14/01/2008West Bromwich WestLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty14/01/2008Calder ValleyLabourSigned
David Howarth15/01/2008CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Wood15/01/2008Batley & SpenLabourSigned
Steve Webb15/01/2008NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Borrow15/01/2008South RibbleLabourSigned
Julie Kirkbride15/01/2008BromsgroveConservativeSigned
Paul Keetch15/01/2008HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Charles Hendry15/01/2008WealdenConservativeSigned
Oliver Heald15/01/2008North East HertfordshireConservativeSigned
John Battle16/01/2008Leeds WestLabourSigned
Paul Farrelly16/01/2008Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSigned
Simon Burns16/01/2008West ChelmsfordConservativeSigned
Keith Simpson16/01/2008Mid NorfolkConservativeSigned
Nicholas Soames17/01/2008Mid SussexConservativeSigned
David Heath17/01/2008Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington17/01/2008Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Michael Penning21/01/2008Hemel HempsteadConservativeSigned
Graham Stuart21/01/2008Beverley & HoldernessConservativeSigned
Nigel Waterson21/01/2008EastbourneConservativeSigned
Gary Streeter21/01/2008South West DevonConservativeSigned
Linda Gilroy21/01/2008Plymouth, SuttonLabourSigned
Edward Garnier21/01/2008HarboroughConservativeSigned
Austin Mitchell21/01/2008Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn21/01/2008JarrowLabourSigned
Danny Alexander22/01/2008Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & StrathspeyLiberal DemocratSigned
James Gray22/01/2008North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Robert Goodwill22/01/2008Scarborough & WhitbyConservativeSigned
David Chaytor22/01/2008Bury NorthLabourSigned
Ben Chapman22/01/2008Wirral SouthLabourSigned
Tom Levitt22/01/2008High PeakLabourSigned
Edward Leigh23/01/2008GainsboroughConservativeSigned
Bill Olner23/01/2008NuneatonLabourSigned
Andrew Murrison24/01/2008WestburyConservativeSigned
David Ruffley24/01/2008Bury St EdmundsConservativeSigned
Andy Reed24/01/2008LoughboroughLabourSigned
Julie Morgan24/01/2008Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Michael Clapham25/01/2008Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Martin Horwood25/01/2008CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Hywel Williams28/01/2008CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Don Touhig28/01/2008IslwynLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley28/01/2008Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Michael Jabez Foster28/01/2008Hastings & RyeLabourSigned
Tom Brake28/01/2008Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Christopher Huhne29/01/2008EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Younger-Ross29/01/2008TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Jo Swinson30/01/2008East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Susan Kramer30/01/2008Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Featherstone30/01/2008Hornsey & Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
Hugh Bayley30/01/2008York, City ofLabourSigned
Eleanor Laing30/01/2008Epping ForestConservativeSigned
Andrew Dismore31/01/2008HendonLabourSigned
Jeremy Browne31/01/2008TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Linda Riordan31/01/2008HalifaxLabourSigned
Jeremy Wright31/01/2008Rugby & KenilworthConservativeSigned
Adam Holloway04/02/2008GraveshamConservativeSigned
Eric Illsley05/02/2008Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Jennifer Willott07/02/2008Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
Sally Keeble07/02/2008Northampton NorthLabourSigned
David Davies18/02/2008MonmouthConservativeSigned
Stephen Crabb18/02/2008Preseli PembrokeshireConservativeSigned
Glenda Jackson20/02/2008Hampstead & HighgateLabourSigned
Simon Hughes21/02/2008North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Spicer22/02/2008West WorcestershireConservativeSigned
Willie Rennie27/02/2008Dunfermline & Fife WestLiberal DemocratSigned
David Burrowes27/02/2008Enfield, SouthgateConservativeSigned
Lembit 28/02/2008MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Matthew Taylor28/02/2008Truro & St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Williams29/02/2008Brecon & RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Key03/03/2008SalisburyConservativeSigned
Denis Murphy04/03/2008WansbeckLabourSigned
Lorely Burt05/03/2008SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Anne Main05/03/2008St AlbansConservativeSigned
Malcolm Bruce07/03/2008GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Penrose11/03/2008Weston-Super-MareConservativeSigned
Greg Mulholland11/03/2008Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Beith11/03/2008Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Dennis Skinner18/03/2008BolsoverLabourSigned
Norman Baker18/03/2008LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Lee Scott18/03/2008Ilford NorthConservativeSigned
Marsha Singh19/03/2008Bradford WestLabourSigned
Robert Smith19/03/2008Aberdeenshire West & KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
John Thurso20/03/2008Caithness, Sutherland & Easter RossLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Selous25/03/2008South West BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Menzies Campbell27/03/2008Fife North EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Cunningham27/03/2008Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Louise Ellman27/03/2008Liverpool, RiversideLabourSigned
Richard Ottaway31/03/2008Croydon SouthConservativeSigned
Philip Dunne01/04/2008LudlowConservativeSigned
Janet Dean01/04/2008BurtonLabourSigned
Michael Meacher01/04/2008Oldham West & RoytonLabourSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews01/04/2008MedwayLabourSigned
Adam Price02/04/2008Carmarthen East & DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Robert Syms02/04/2008PooleConservativeSigned
Jim Cousins03/04/2008Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Charles Kennedy21/04/2008Ross, Skye & LochaberLiberal DemocratSigned
Daniel Rogerson21/04/2008North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Julia Goldsworthy21/04/2008Falmouth & CamborneLiberal DemocratSigned
James Brokenshire21/04/2008HornchurchConservativeSigned
Patrick Hall21/04/2008BedfordLabourSigned
John Grogan21/04/2008SelbyLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff21/04/2008Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small HeathLabourSigned
Colin Burgon21/04/2008ElmetLabourSigned
Peter Luff21/04/2008Mid WorcestershireConservativeSigned
Peter Viggers22/04/2008GosportConservativeSigned
Katy Clark23/04/2008Ayrshire North & ArranLabourSigned
John Baron29/04/2008BillericayConservativeSigned
Nigel Dodds30/04/2008Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Kelvin Hopkins08/05/2008Luton NorthLabourSigned
Stephen O'Brien08/05/2008EddisburyConservativeSigned
Nick Hurd13/05/2008Ruislip - NorthwoodConservativeSigned
John Whittingdale13/05/2008Maldon & East ChelmsfordConservativeSigned
David Amess13/05/2008Southend WestConservativeSigned
Gwyn Prosser13/05/2008DoverLabourSigned
Sarah Teather15/05/2008Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
John Bercow19/05/2008BuckinghamConservativeSigned
Greg Pope20/05/2008HyndburnLabourSigned
Clive Efford20/05/2008ElthamLabourSigned
Clare Short21/05/2008Birmingham, LadywoodIndependent LabourSigned
Edward Davey22/05/2008Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Frank Dobson02/06/2008Holborn & St PancrasLabourSigned
Tim Farron05/06/2008Westmorland & LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Willis09/06/2008Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Neill11/06/2008Bromley & ChislehurstConservativeSigned
Emily Thornberry16/06/2008Islington South & FinsburyLabourSigned
Malcolm Moss03/07/2008North East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
John Barrett04/11/2008Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann McKechinUnknownWithdrawn
Jon TrickettUnknownWithdrawn

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