Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat), on Monday, 28 April 2008, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 44 members in total.

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BUTTERFLIES

That this House registers its deep concern at the decline in the butterfly population, with numbers reported by the charity Butterfly Conservation to be at their lowest for 25 years, with the small tortoiseshell showing the biggest decline of 81 per cent; congratulates the thousands of volunteers who each year provide information for the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme operated by Butterfly Conservation and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology; welcomes the comments of Sir David Attenborough, President of Butterfly Conservation, who is promoting an appeal to raise funds for the charity's Stop Extinction Appeal; and calls on the Government to promote cross-departmental policies to assist in safeguarding Britain's butterflies.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1446 

Session

2007-08

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Alan Meale

Martin Caton

Graham Stringer

Rudi Vis

Subjects

Animals Nature conservation Wildlife

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk