To raise awareness of the UK's woods and trees and to discuss the steps necessary to protect, restore and expand them in a time of climate and nature crises.
1. Written evidence: Woodland Trust (further submission) (EB73)
04/11/2020 - Bill Documents
Found: The need for trees
;
The Environment Bill and statutory targets for trees
and
woods in England
2. The management of semi-natural woodlands
05/11/2019 - Forestry Commission
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Found: Semi-natural Woodlands
3. Lowland Mixed Broadleaved Woods
PRACTICE GUIDEThe Management of Semi-natural Woodlands
3. Written evidence: Woodland Trust (EB57)
04/11/2020 - Bill Documents
Found: expansion of trees and woodland in England. The strong contemporary focus on the importance of trees in addressing
4. Woods and Trees
24/02/2020 - APPGs
Found: To raise awareness of the UK's woods and trees and to discuss the steps necessary to protect, restore
5. Leaflet: Responding to the climate emergency with new trees and woodlands
17/06/2020 - Forestry Commission
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Found: Leaflet: Responding to the climate emergency with new trees and woodlands
This leaflet helps local authorities
1. National Tree Strategy
16/12/2020 - Westminster Hall
1: linking this debate to the “Legal rights for ancient trees” petition, to which 17,000 people have added their - Speech Link
2. Tree Pests and Diseases
13/02/2020 - Lords Chamber
1: countryside and the creatures, including the plants and trees, that are to be found there. The threats posed by - Speech Link
3. Trees
25/01/2021 - Lords Chamber
1: manifesto we committed to increasing the planting of trees across the UK to 30,000 hectares per year by 2025 - Speech Link
2: tree planting scheme, bearing in mind that trees that are planted in upland areas will need a growth period - Speech Link
3: guidance will the Government give to ensure that these trees are not subsequently destroyed by grey squirrels - Speech Link
4. Tree Planting
03/09/2020 - Lords Chamber
1: will be made available for the maintenance of trees and woods that are planted, so that those plantings can - Speech Link
2: diseases that then kill significant numbers of trees. Will the Minister update your Lordships’ House - Speech Link
3: which increase domestic production and grow more trees and plants in this country are welcome and will - Speech Link
5. Protection of Ancient Woodland and Trees
10/12/2015 - Westminster Hall
1: has considered protection of ancient woodland and trees.I thank not only the Chair and the Minister - Speech Link
2: To be clear, we are discussing not only the trees themselves, but the soils underneath them, too. - Speech Link
asked by: Daniel Zeichner
28/04/2020
... whether tree watering by councils should be considered an essential service during the covid-19. 2. Trees
asked by: Chris Grayling
13/03/2020
... what assessment he has made of trends in the number of trees growing in England in each of the last three decades. 3. Trees
asked by: Paul Maynard
09/03/2020
... how many and what proportion of trees are recognised as (a) ancient and (b) veteran in England and Wales. 4. Trees
asked by: Kerry McCarthy
04/10/2019
... what steps the Government is taking to enable the natural regeneration of trees and shrubs to support achieving the UK's 2050 net zero target. 5. Trees
asked by: David Drew
09/09/2019
... what plans the Government has to (a) collate statistics on the number of trees in the UK and (b) ensure that existing trees are adequately maintained.
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Contact Details
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Jason McCartney MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 3000.
Email: jason.mccartney.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Owen Pugh, The Woodland Trust, Kempton Way, Grantham, Lincolnshire NG31 6LL. Tel: 07590 269 049
No benefits in kind are on record for the Woods and Trees APPG
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Woods and Trees APPG
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Alex Chalk
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Cheltenham
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 1st July 2020
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