Early Day Motion·EDM 2495

PROTECTION OF TREES AND HEDGEROWS

17 June 201921 Signatures

Motion Text

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.