PROTECTION OF TREES AND HEDGEROWS

Early day motion 2495, tabled 17 June 2019 by Lord Field of Birkenhead (Independent). Signed by 21 members.

That this House welcomes the recommendation in the Committee for Climate Change's Report Net Zero, for 30,000 hectares of trees to be planted each year; and calls on the Government to provide greater protection to existing hedgerows and mature trees which are able to remove large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Signatures by party: Labour 6, Independent 5, Conservative 3, Scottish National Party 3, Labour/Co-operative 2, DUP 1, Liberal Democrat 1.