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This motion has been signed by a total of 126 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.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David Taylor	01/12/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Withdrawn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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