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This motion has been signed by a total of 192 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Clive Betts	11/12/2007	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Proposed
Bob Russell	11/12/2007	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Mark Durkan	11/12/2007	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Andrew George	11/12/2007	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Brian Binley	11/12/2007	Northampton South	Conservative	Seconded
Jim Dowd	11/12/2007	Lewisham West	Labour	Seconded
Ann Cryer	12/12/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
David Drew	12/12/2007	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	12/12/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stringer	12/12/2007	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	12/12/2007	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	12/12/2007	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	12/12/2007	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Sammy Wilson	12/12/2007	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
John Leech	12/12/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	12/12/2007	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	12/12/2007	Gower	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	12/12/2007	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Gordon Prentice	12/12/2007	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	12/12/2007	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	12/12/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	12/12/2007	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Paul Holmes	12/12/2007	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	12/12/2007	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	12/12/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	12/12/2007	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
John McDonnell	12/12/2007	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	12/12/2007	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	13/12/2007	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	13/12/2007	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	13/12/2007	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Mark Williams	13/12/2007	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	13/12/2007	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	13/12/2007	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	13/12/2007	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	13/12/2007	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	13/12/2007	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	13/12/2007	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Lepper	17/12/2007	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	17/12/2007	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	17/12/2007	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	18/12/2007	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
John Horam	18/12/2007	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	07/01/2008	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	07/01/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Berry	07/01/2008	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	07/01/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Walter	08/01/2008	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Paul Truswell	08/01/2008	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	08/01/2008	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Peter Atkinson	08/01/2008	Hexham	Conservative	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	08/01/2008	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	08/01/2008	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	09/01/2008	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Desmond Swayne	09/01/2008	New Forest West	Conservative	Signed
Ian Taylor	09/01/2008	Esher & Walton	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Stunell	10/01/2008	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Ancram	10/01/2008	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Mark Oaten	10/01/2008	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Mates	10/01/2008	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Kate Hoey	10/01/2008	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	10/01/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Benyon	14/01/2008	Newbury	Conservative	Signed
Adrian Bailey	14/01/2008	West Bromwich West	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	14/01/2008	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	15/01/2008	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Wood	15/01/2008	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	15/01/2008	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	15/01/2008	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	15/01/2008	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
Paul Keetch	15/01/2008	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Hendry	15/01/2008	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
Oliver Heald	15/01/2008	North East Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
John Battle	16/01/2008	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	16/01/2008	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Simon Burns	16/01/2008	West Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Keith Simpson	16/01/2008	Mid Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Soames	17/01/2008	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
David Heath	17/01/2008	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	17/01/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Michael Penning	21/01/2008	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Graham Stuart	21/01/2008	Beverley & Holderness	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Waterson	21/01/2008	Eastbourne	Conservative	Signed
Gary Streeter	21/01/2008	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
Linda Gilroy	21/01/2008	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour	Signed
Edward Garnier	21/01/2008	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
Austin Mitchell	21/01/2008	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	21/01/2008	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Danny Alexander	22/01/2008	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Gray	22/01/2008	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Robert Goodwill	22/01/2008	Scarborough & Whitby	Conservative	Signed
David Chaytor	22/01/2008	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Ben Chapman	22/01/2008	Wirral South	Labour	Signed
Tom Levitt	22/01/2008	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Edward Leigh	23/01/2008	Gainsborough	Conservative	Signed
Bill Olner	23/01/2008	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Andrew Murrison	24/01/2008	Westbury	Conservative	Signed
David Ruffley	24/01/2008	Bury St Edmunds	Conservative	Signed
Andy Reed	24/01/2008	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	24/01/2008	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	25/01/2008	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	25/01/2008	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Williams	28/01/2008	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Don Touhig	28/01/2008	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	28/01/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	28/01/2008	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	28/01/2008	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christopher Huhne	29/01/2008	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	29/01/2008	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	30/01/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Susan Kramer	30/01/2008	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	30/01/2008	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hugh Bayley	30/01/2008	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Eleanor Laing	30/01/2008	Epping Forest	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Dismore	31/01/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Browne	31/01/2008	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	31/01/2008	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Wright	31/01/2008	Rugby & Kenilworth	Conservative	Signed
Adam Holloway	04/02/2008	Gravesham	Conservative	Signed
Eric Illsley	05/02/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	07/02/2008	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sally Keeble	07/02/2008	Northampton North	Labour	Signed
David Davies	18/02/2008	Monmouth	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Crabb	18/02/2008	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Conservative	Signed
Glenda Jackson	20/02/2008	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	21/02/2008	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Spicer	22/02/2008	West Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Willie Rennie	27/02/2008	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Burrowes	27/02/2008	Enfield, Southgate	Conservative	Signed
Lembit	28/02/2008	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	28/02/2008	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	29/02/2008	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Key	03/03/2008	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Denis Murphy	04/03/2008	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	05/03/2008	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Main	05/03/2008	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	07/03/2008	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Penrose	11/03/2008	Weston-Super-Mare	Conservative	Signed
Greg Mulholland	11/03/2008	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	11/03/2008	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dennis Skinner	18/03/2008	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	18/03/2008	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lee Scott	18/03/2008	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Marsha Singh	19/03/2008	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	19/03/2008	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	20/03/2008	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Selous	25/03/2008	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Menzies Campbell	27/03/2008	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cunningham	27/03/2008	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	27/03/2008	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Richard Ottaway	31/03/2008	Croydon South	Conservative	Signed
Philip Dunne	01/04/2008	Ludlow	Conservative	Signed
Janet Dean	01/04/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Michael Meacher	01/04/2008	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	01/04/2008	Medway	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	02/04/2008	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Robert Syms	02/04/2008	Poole	Conservative	Signed
Jim Cousins	03/04/2008	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	21/04/2008	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	21/04/2008	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	21/04/2008	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Brokenshire	21/04/2008	Hornchurch	Conservative	Signed
Patrick Hall	21/04/2008	Bedford	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	21/04/2008	Selby	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	21/04/2008	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	21/04/2008	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Peter Luff	21/04/2008	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Peter Viggers	22/04/2008	Gosport	Conservative	Signed
Katy Clark	23/04/2008	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
John Baron	29/04/2008	Billericay	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Dodds	30/04/2008	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	08/05/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Stephen O'Brien	08/05/2008	Eddisbury	Conservative	Signed
Nick Hurd	13/05/2008	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
John Whittingdale	13/05/2008	Maldon & East Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
David Amess	13/05/2008	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	13/05/2008	Dover	Labour	Signed
Sarah Teather	15/05/2008	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Bercow	19/05/2008	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Greg Pope	20/05/2008	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	20/05/2008	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	21/05/2008	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	22/05/2008	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Dobson	02/06/2008	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Tim Farron	05/06/2008	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	09/06/2008	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Neill	11/06/2008	Bromley & Chislehurst	Conservative	Signed
Emily Thornberry	16/06/2008	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Moss	03/07/2008	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
John Barrett	04/11/2008	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann McKechin	Unknown			Withdrawn
Jon Trickett	Unknown			Withdrawn

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