GAS PATIO HEATERS

Early day motion 850, tabled 4 February 2008 by Nigel Evans (Conservative). Signed by 13 members.

That this House notes with concern that MEPs have voted to endorse a report that says a timetable should be set to ban gas patio heaters; further notes that this is not a decision for Members of the European Parliament but should remain a decision for national sovereign parliaments; further notes that the unintended consequence of the smoking ban is the huge increase in the number of patio heaters outside pubs; further notes the relatively small levels of carbon dioxide emissions that patio heaters produce; and calls on the British Government to protect the British pub industry by ignoring the call to ban these heaters.

Signatures by party: Conservative 8, DUP 3, Labour 1, Liberal Democrat 1.