40880
2009-10
1220
Protection Of Cemeteries
John McDonnell
2010-03-30
That this House recalls the distress caused to many families at the proposal by BAA as part of its plans for a third runway at Heathrow to drive a road through Cherry Lane Cemetery; notes the families' concern at the lack of legislative protection against this type of development; acknowledges that this results from a glaring contradiction in the Government's policy towards cemeteries and the issue of exhumation in which exhumations are required to be undertaken in a sensitive, cautious, respectful and caring manner, to be subject to local consultation and, if objected to, to be abandoned, whilst using all methods of notification to next-of-kin and the community; further notes that in cases of major developments affecting cemeteries, exemplified by the Cherry Lane case, a bulldozer approach is taken, allowing for the overriding of objections and the ignoring of the right to be consulted; and therefore calls on the Government to undertake a swift review of the current law in relation to the protection of cemeteries with a view to bringing forward legislation that affords cemeteries suitable protection and avoids others undergoing the distress experienced by the Cherry Lane Cemetery relatives.
Aviation
John McDonnell
2010-03-30
Proposed
Hayes and Harlington
Labour
David Drew
2010-04-06
Seconded
Stroud
Labour
Ronnie Campbell
2010-04-06
Seconded
Blyth Valley
Labour
Andrew Pelling
2010-04-06
Seconded
Croydon Central
Independent
Jeremy Corbyn
2010-04-06
Seconded
Islington North
Labour
Ann Cryer
2010-04-06
Seconded
Keighley
Labour
Stephen Pound
2010-04-07
Signed
Ealing North
Labour
Lynne Jones
2010-04-07
Signed
Birmingham, Selly Oak
Labour
Alan Meale
2010-04-07
Signed
Mansfield
Labour
Albert Owen
2010-04-07
Signed
Ynys M
Labour
Martin Caton
2010-04-07
Signed
Gower
Labour
Andrew Dismore
2010-04-07
Signed
Hendon
Labour
Mike Hancock
2010-04-07
Signed
Portsmouth South
Liberal Democrat
Rudi Vis
2010-04-07
Signed
Finchley and Golders Green
Labour
Robert Wareing
2010-04-07
Signed
Liverpool, West Derby
Independent
John Leech
2010-04-07
Signed
Manchester, Withington
Liberal Democrat