GREENING THE UK CAMPAIGN

Early day motion 814, tabled 29 January 2008 by Brian H Donohoe (Labour). Signed by 66 members.

That this House calls upon the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to recognise the 50 per cent. drop in green space included in new developments in urban areas over the last 10 years, as identified by Horticulture Trades Association research, and the environmental consequences of this; and calls upon her to support the gardening industry campaign Greening the UK, which aims to reverse this trend by calling on local authorities to increase specification of green space in planning documents and to more aggressively enforce planting that has been specified on approved planning applications.

Signatures by party: Labour 46, Liberal Democrat 8, Conservative 6, DUP 2, Independent 2, Plaid Cymru 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.