PAPUA NEW GUINEA RAINFOREST

Early day motion 1740, tabled 2 March 2006 by Lindsay Hoyle (Labour). Signed by 63 members.

That this House notes with concern the amount of illegal logging which is threatening to wipe out the natural forests in Papua New Guinea according to a report conducted by Forest Trends; further notes that logging companies are violating laws intended to protect the rainforest with most of the timber being exported to China and often turned into products for the West; recognises that presently the Papua New Guineans are not getting an acceptable return for the logging while one of the country's precious natural resources is dwindling; and calls for present laws, which are sufficient, to be enforced so that the Papua New Guinea rainforest is not wiped out and the country receives the correct return for any logging which takes place.

Signatures by party: Labour 37, Liberal Democrat 14, Conservative 6, DUP 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Plaid Cymru 1, UUP 1.