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["Graham Burnett" <gburnett@unisonfree.net>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Colin Robertson <Colin.Robertson@which.co.uk>
To: Permaculture UK <PermacultureUK@listbot.com>
Sent: 03 July 2000 11:50
Subject: [PermacultureUK] Community Gardening Early Day Motion


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> On 15th June Alice Mahon MP posted a new Early Day Motion
> (EDM) - a kind a parliamentary petition - in the House of Commons, calling
> for greater support for Community Gardens. The motion reads as follows:
>
> EDM 860 COMMUNITY GARDENS AND THE HAMPTON COURT FLOWER SHOW
> That this House welcomes the Gardening Which? Garden for People being
> created by community gardeners at the Hampton Court Flower Show; recognises
> the value of community gardening in improving health, community-building,
> increasing biodiversity, and promoting regeneration, while
> providing refreshment and healthy recreation for those without a garden;
> notes that such gardens face fierce competition for space in urban areas;
> and calls on the Government to help secure the future of community gardens
> and through revised planning guidance and to promote them through the New
> Opportunities Fund.
>
> I am writing to ask whether you would be willing to write to your own MP, to
> request that they can add their name to the list of signatures backing
> EDM860, for the benefit of community gardens but also in the wider interests
> of allotment and leisure gardens, many of which would similarly benefit from
> revised planning guidance and better access to funds for improvements.
>
> With allotments and community gardens around the country always under threat
> from development, it is important that MPs are reminded from time to time
> that many people cherish green open spaces like these. Letters can be
> addressed to your MP at The House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Colin
>
>
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