60th Anniversary Of The National Parks And Access To The Countryside Act 1949
EDM number 292 in 2009-10, proposed by Alun Michael on 30/11/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Countryside.
That this House welcomes the 60th anniversary of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949; notes that this visionary piece of legislation led to the creation of National Parks, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, National Nature Reserves, the Public Rights of Way framework and National Trails; sees the UK's protected landscapes as assets to the nation which enjoy widespread public support and are enjoyed by millions of visitors, as well as being home to farmers and local communities who are vital to sustaining them; celebrates the diversity of the UK's protected landscapes from upland to lowland areas across Great Britain; notes that they provide havens for wildlife, stunning scenery, cultural heritage, opportunities for promoting physical, mental and spiritual well-being, a playground for learning for all ages, and are exemplars in sustainable farming, links between urban and rural communities, demonstrators of sustainable development in practice, stores for carbon and places that promote solutions to the challenges of climate change; welcomes the significant achievements obtained from those working in partnership in these areas; acknowledges that the benefits of protected landscapes are enduring though the challenges they face have changed over time; welcomes the support that successive Governments and all political parties have given to protected landscapes; and urges future administrations to demonstrate continuing support for these special areas.
This motion has been signed by a total of 126 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
| Alun Michael | 30/11/2009 | Cardiff South & Penarth | Labour | Proposed |
| Clive Betts | 30/11/2009 | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Labour | Seconded |
| Nicholas Winterton | 30/11/2009 | Macclesfield | Conservative | Seconded |
| Roger Williams | 30/11/2009 | Brecon & Radnorshire | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
| Stephen Crabb | 30/11/2009 | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Conservative | Seconded |
| Lembit | 30/11/2009 | Montgomeryshire | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
| Ann Winterton | 30/11/2009 | Congleton | Conservative | Signed |
| Peter Bottomley | 30/11/2009 | Worthing West | Conservative | Signed |
| Nigel Evans | 30/11/2009 | Ribble Valley | Conservative | Signed |
| Tom Levitt | 30/11/2009 | High Peak | Labour | Signed |
| David Taylor | 01/12/2009 | North West Leicestershire | Labour | Withdrawn |
| Stephen Williams | 01/12/2009 | Bristol West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Michael Penning | 01/12/2009 | Hemel Hempstead | Conservative | Signed |
| Desmond Turner | 01/12/2009 | Brighton, Kemptown | Labour | Signed |
| Paddy Tipping | 01/12/2009 | Sherwood | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew George | 01/12/2009 | St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Drew | 01/12/2009 | Stroud | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Dismore | 01/12/2009 | Hendon | Labour | Signed |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 01/12/2009 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
| Adrian Sanders | 01/12/2009 | Torbay | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Nick Harvey | 01/12/2009 | North Devon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Dai Havard | 01/12/2009 | Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney | Labour | Signed |
| Glenda Jackson | 01/12/2009 | Hampstead & Highgate | Labour | Signed |
| David Lepper | 01/12/2009 | Brighton, Pavilion | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Caton | 01/12/2009 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
| Janet Dean | 02/12/2009 | Burton | Labour | Signed |
| Hywel Francis | 02/12/2009 | Aberavon | Labour | Signed |
| James Gray | 02/12/2009 | North Wiltshire | Conservative | Signed |
| Derek Wyatt | 02/12/2009 | Sittingbourne & Sheppey | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Pelling | 02/12/2009 | Croydon Central | Independent | Signed |
| Jim Devine | 02/12/2009 | Livingston | Labour | Signed |
| Ann Cryer | 02/12/2009 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Cook | 02/12/2009 | Stockton North | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Clapham | 02/12/2009 | Barnsley West & Penistone | Labour | Signed |
| Ronnie Campbell | 02/12/2009 | Blyth Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Murphy | 02/12/2009 | Torfaen | Labour | Signed |
| William McCrea | 02/12/2009 | South Antrim | DUP | Signed |
| Lynne Jones | 02/12/2009 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Holmes | 02/12/2009 | Chesterfield | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Hemming | 03/12/2009 | Birmingham, Yardley | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Gavin Strang | 03/12/2009 | Edinburgh East | Labour | Signed |
| Mike Gapes | 03/12/2009 | Ilford South | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Meale | 03/12/2009 | Mansfield | Labour | Signed |
| John Leech | 07/12/2009 | Manchester, Withington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Anderson | 07/12/2009 | Blaydon | Labour | Signed |
| Betty Williams | 07/12/2009 | Conwy | Labour | Signed |
| Roger Berry | 07/12/2009 | Kingswood | Labour | Signed |
| Mike Hancock | 07/12/2009 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Chris Mullin | 07/12/2009 | Sunderland South | Labour | Signed |
| Bob Laxton | 07/12/2009 | Derby North | Labour | Signed |
| Eric Illsley | 07/12/2009 | Barnsley Central | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Hepburn | 07/12/2009 | Jarrow | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Williams | 08/12/2009 | Ceredigion | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Angela Smith | 08/12/2009 | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Truswell | 08/12/2009 | Pudsey | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Breed | 08/12/2009 | South East Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Humfrey Malins | 08/12/2009 | Woking | Conservative | Signed |
| Robert Key | 08/12/2009 | Salisbury | Conservative | Signed |
| Dennis Skinner | 08/12/2009 | Bolsover | Labour | Signed |
| Clare Short | 08/12/2009 | Birmingham, Ladywood | Independent Labour | Signed |
| Gordon Prentice | 08/12/2009 | Pendle | Labour | Signed |
| Greg Pope | 08/12/2009 | Hyndburn | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Flynn | 09/12/2009 | Newport West | Labour | Signed |
| Kevin Barron | 09/12/2009 | Rother Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Beith | 09/12/2009 | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Tim Farron | 09/12/2009 | Westmorland & Lonsdale | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Mark Hunter | 09/12/2009 | Cheadle | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Denis Murphy | 09/12/2009 | Wansbeck | Labour | Signed |
| Elliot Morley | 09/12/2009 | Scunthorpe | Labour | Signed |
| Kelvin Hopkins | 09/12/2009 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
| George Howarth | 09/12/2009 | Knowsley North & Sefton East | Labour | Signed |
| Gordon Marsden | 09/12/2009 | Blackpool South | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Mates | 09/12/2009 | East Hampshire | Conservative | Signed |
| John McDonnell | 09/12/2009 | Hayes & Harlington | Labour | Signed |
| Iris Robinson | 10/12/2009 | Strangford | DUP | Withdrawn |
| Paul Rowen | 10/12/2009 | Rochdale | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Rudi Vis | 10/12/2009 | Finchley & Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Stewart | 10/12/2009 | Eccles | Labour | Signed |
| David Amess | 10/12/2009 | Southend West | Conservative | Signed |
| Menzies Campbell | 10/12/2009 | Fife North East | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Brian Jenkins | 10/12/2009 | Tamworth | Labour | Signed |
| Matthew Taylor | 14/12/2009 | Truro & St Austell | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Nick Ainger | 14/12/2009 | Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire | Labour | Signed |
| Eric Martlew | 14/12/2009 | Carlisle | Labour | Signed |
| Richard Benyon | 15/12/2009 | Newbury | Conservative | Signed |
| Nick Herbert | 15/12/2009 | Arundel & South Downs | Conservative | Signed |
| Charlotte Atkins | 15/12/2009 | Staffordshire Moorlands | Labour | Signed |
| Sandra Gidley | 15/12/2009 | Romsey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Mark Fisher | 15/12/2009 | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Connarty | 15/12/2009 | Linlithgow & Falkirk East | Labour | Signed |
| James Paice | 15/12/2009 | South East Cambridgeshire | Conservative | Signed |
| Anne McIntosh | 15/12/2009 | Vale of York | Conservative | Signed |
| Charles Kennedy | 15/12/2009 | Ross, Skye & Lochaber | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Joan Humble | 15/12/2009 | Blackpool North & Fleetwood | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Walter | 16/12/2009 | North Dorset | Conservative | Signed |
| Harry Cohen | 16/12/2009 | Leyton & Wanstead | Labour | Signed |
| David Heyes | 16/12/2009 | Ashton-under-Lyne | Labour | Signed |
| Evan Harris | 16/12/2009 | Oxford West & Abingdon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Adam Holloway | 05/01/2010 | Gravesham | Conservative | Signed |
| John Whittingdale | 05/01/2010 | Maldon & East Chelmsford | Conservative | Signed |
| Andrew Stunell | 05/01/2010 | Hazel Grove | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Chris McCafferty | 05/01/2010 | Calder Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Oliver Heald | 05/01/2010 | North East Hertfordshire | Conservative | Signed |
| Andrew Selous | 05/01/2010 | South West Bedfordshire | Conservative | Signed |
| Jim Dowd | 06/01/2010 | Lewisham West | Labour | Signed |
| David Jones | 07/01/2010 | Clwyd West | Conservative | Signed |
| Michael Fabricant | 07/01/2010 | Lichfield | Conservative | Signed |
| Alan Simpson | 07/01/2010 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
| Roger Godsiff | 12/01/2010 | Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath | Labour | Signed |
| Susan Kramer | 12/01/2010 | Richmond Park | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Greg Hands | 13/01/2010 | Hammersmith & Fulham | Conservative | Signed |
| Ann Widdecombe | 13/01/2010 | Maidstone & The Weald | Conservative | Signed |
| Gary Streeter | 13/01/2010 | South West Devon | Conservative | Signed |
| Bill Etherington | 19/01/2010 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Lancaster | 19/01/2010 | North East Milton Keynes | Conservative | Signed |
| Kim Howells | 20/01/2010 | Pontypridd | Labour | Signed |
| Shona McIsaac | 20/01/2010 | Cleethorpes | Labour | Signed |
| David Crausby | 21/01/2010 | Bolton North East | Labour | Signed |
| David Mundell | 26/01/2010 | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale | Conservative | Signed |
| Greg Mulholland | 28/01/2010 | Leeds North West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Angela Watkinson | 28/01/2010 | Upminster | Conservative | Signed |
| Andrew Rosindell | 02/02/2010 | Romford | Conservative | Signed |
| Bruce George | 08/02/2010 | Walsall South | Labour | Signed |
| Cheryl Gillan | 09/02/2010 | Chesham & Amersham | Conservative | Signed |
| Stephen O'Brien | 17/03/2010 | Eddisbury | Conservative | Signed |
| Hugo Swire | 06/04/2010 | East Devon | Conservative | Signed |
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