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. LIFE in the Ravines
07/05/2021 - Natural England
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Found: woodland management, tree planting and promoting trees with a natural tolerance to ash dieback
use specialist
5. woodland management
09/07/2018 - Forestry Commission
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Found: managers.
The Capital Woodlands Project is managed by Trees for Cities, which works in
partnership with the
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. Biodiversity Emergency
22/04/2021 - Grand Committee
1: Woodland Trust’s recent report, State of the UK’s Woods and Trees 2021, is a startling indictment of the perilous - Speech Link
2: noble Baroness, Lady Young, mentioned trees. Of course, trees are suffering hugely from a deer problem - Speech Link
3: camping out at night to see a rare badger in the woods. Now, dead badgers litter the roadside and the hedgehogs - Speech Link
asked by: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
29/04/2021
... published on 14 April; and what steps they are taking to ensure that there is sufficient UK and Ireland Sourced and Grown trees to meet demand. 2. Trees
asked by: Lord Patten
28/06/2021
... what is their definition of each type. 3. Trees
asked by: Lord Patten
28/06/2021
...To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the numbers of recorded ancient and veteran trees in England are increasing or declining. 4. Trees
asked by: Daniel Zeichner
28/04/2020
... whether tree watering by councils should be considered an essential service during the covid-19. 5. 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.
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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
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Former APPG Officers
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Mike Hill
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Hartlepool
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 10th March 2021
Cheryl Gillan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Chesham and Amersham
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 10th March 2021
Alex Chalk
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Cheltenham
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 1st July 2020
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