Early Day Motion·EDM 293

NEW LOOK TRAFALGAR SQUARE

5 February 200117 Signatures

Primary sponsor

Ms Diane Abbott

LabourHackney North and Stoke Newington

Motion Text

That this House supports the plans of the Mayor of London for the regeneration of Trafalgar Square; notes that these plans include the introduction of new bye-laws and heritage wardens under the square's management programme which has already cut crime by 50 per cent. in four months' future pedestrianisation for the immediate vicinity, a series of new activities and events to be held in the square from March 2001 and the decision not to issue a licence to feed pigeons in the square; and congratulates the Mayor on this package of measures which will turn Trafalgar Square into a safer, less-polluted space, for cultural entertainment and other activities for the benefit of London's visitors and resident alike.