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I would like to ask anyone who wishes to support the Early Day Motion 687

That this House welcomes the big increase in home-grown vegetables, with seed sales up 14 per cent. last year; is pleased that the number of people wanting an allotment has increased by 20 per cent. in thepast 12 months; is concerned that according to the National Society for Allotment and Leisure Gardeners there are 100,000 people on waiting lists for an allotment; and calls on the Government, local authorities, other public bodies and private landlords to make land available for new allotments.


To write or contact their MP and request that they support this motion.

"Every little helps"  ;D

To see if your MP has already signed visit http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=41647&SESSION=905

28 signatures... a good start but it will need a lot more!  :(

Indeed that is the main reason I posted here.
It is a cross party EDM so it should be a little easier to persuade our MP's to support it.

In a lot of cases I guess that our MP's are not even aware of the issue in their locality until we request them to investigate.

In Sussex where I live the local paper reports that at present their are 4000 people on allotment waiting lists.
Nearly 2000 are in Brighton but even in my more rural location of Mid Sussex there are still nearly 200 on the local lists

I think this is a promising move lets hope it can really gather pace.  We have no local authority allotments at all here.  But the private ones are doing very well. 

I've just emailed Khalid Mahmood, my MP.

emailed my MP, Fiona Bruce (no not that one, the MP Fiona Bruce!)

Neither mp's for Swindon (North/South) are voting on any EDM in their first year in office.  Nice copout   >:( >:(
Makes you wonder why they bothered standing.   ??? ???

Quote from: taurus on October 01, 2010, 11:38:09
Neither mp's for Swindon (North/South) are voting on any EDM in their first year in office.  Nice copout   >:( >:(

Huh?  That's terrible.

I can not see why MP should decide they do not want to support this.  Is it considered controversial.

I am not convinced that EDM actually achieve much.

Just emailed my MP Karen Lumley

Have emailed my  MP Dominic Raab

Have e-mailed Richard Benyon.

If you don't know how to reach your MP, They Work For You makes it very easy.

Quote from: Unwashed on October 01, 2010, 13:27:44
Have e-mailed Richard Benyon.

If you don't know how to reach your MP, They Work For You makes it very easy.

Apparently as a member of the government my MP isn't allowed to sign. :(

Thank you, unwashed, didn't even know who our m.p was  ???
apparently, she hasn't disagreed with her party during this parliament  ;D
sent her an e mail,  :)

I have sent mine one too.

He only lives over the road though LOL

Just e:mailed Margaret Becket. Bet I don't get a reply. ;D

Quote from: Unwashed on October 01, 2010, 13:52:48
Apparently as a member of the government my MP isn't allowed to sign. :(

They are allowed to sign crossparty Early Day Motions unless they are in the cabinet so I understand it

Another type frequently found is the all-party motion, which expresses a view across party
divides. This type of EDM might raise for example, a social issue or a subject which has been
promoted by one party but will also attract signatures from MPs of a different political allegiance.It is generally only all-party motions that can obtain large numbers of signatures.
Ministers and whips do not normally sign EDMs. Under the Ministerial Code, Parliamentary
Private Secretaries "must not associate themselves with particular groups advocating special
policies", and they do not normally sign EDMs. Neither the Speaker nor Deputy Speakers will
sign EDMs.




As the motion already has signatures from all the main parties do not let your MP cop out easily :)

I got a reply today from MP as below

Thank you for your email of the 1st October.

I have today studied Early Day Motion 687 and I am happy to give it my support.

Best wishes.

Yours sincerely,

Nicholas Soames

One extra at least:)

i have sent a message to my MP Richard Bacon....will wait his reply.

Not heard anything yet  :(