WATER MEADOWS

Early day motion 313, tabled 29 July 1997 by Jane Griffiths (Labour). Signed by 16 members.

That this House congratulates Ministers on many aspects of the recently-published Roads Review, and in particular on the decision to cancel the environmentally damaging Salisbury bypass scheme, which would have threatened the landscape and ecology of an important river valley and irrevocably damaged ancient water meadows; and calls upon the Government to bring forward proposals further to protect and enhance the environment of Britain's water meadows and give due consideration to strengthening planning and land-use regulations to enable local communities to protect their green spaces from unacceptable development proposals.

Signatures by party: Labour 15, Plaid Cymru 1.