PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
PROTECTION OF TREES AND HEDGEROWS (16 June 2019)
Motion Details
That this House welcomes the recommendation in the Committee for Climate Change's Report Net Zero, for 30,000 hectares of trees to be planted each year; and calls on the Government to provide greater protection to existing hedgerows and mature trees which are able to remove large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Sponsored by:
Lord Field of Birkenhead (Crossbench)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
8
38%
Conservative
3
14%
Scottish National Party
3
14%
Independent
3
14%
Crossbench
1
5%
Democratic Unionist Party
1
5%
Liberal Democrat
1
5%
The Independent Group for Change
1
5%
Sponsor List (21 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Bob Blackman
Harrow East
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Lab
Sir David Crausby
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
Lab
Paul Farrelly
XB
Lord Field of Birkenhead (Sponsor)
IGC
Mike Gapes
Lab
Ruth George
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
Ind
Lady Hermon
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
SNP
Chris Law
Dundee Central
SNP
John McNally
Ind
Jared O'Mara
Con
Sir Mike Penning
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
Lab
Mr Virendra Sharma
Lab
Gareth Snell
Stoke-on-Trent Central
Lab
Alex Sobel
Leeds Central and Headingley
SNP
Chris Stephens
LD
Jamie Stone
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
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