HOSEPIPE BANS

Early day motion 2074, tabled 2 May 2006 by Christopher Fraser (Conservative). Signed by 33 members.

That this House notes with concern the impact of hosepipe bans on garden industry sales worth millions of pounds and the subsequent damage to the environment through the loss of soft landscaping; and calls for an amendment of the Water Industry Act 1991, which allows hosepipes to be used for non-horticultural uses such as filling swimming pools, but not for keeping plants alive.

Signatures by party: Conservative 26, Labour 4, Liberal Democrat 2, Plaid Cymru 1.