Debate contribution: Tree Protection Bill: Second Stage
Debate contribution by Mr Peter McReynolds on .
- MLA
- Mr Peter McReynolds
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 21 September 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Private Members' Business
- Heading
- Tree Protection Bill: Second Stage
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5742518
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The former Chair of the Infrastructure Committee has a keen eagle eye for that point. It is one that I raised with the Woodland Trust directly. The Woodland Trust is not fully satisfied with that; it finds that to be a very prescriptive set of definitions. We could absolutely work on that in the Committee Stage. I thank the Member for bringing that to my attention. During the past four years of developing the Bill, a wise person once reminded me that the most important tree to plant is the one that was planted yesterday. That is exactly what the Bill seeks to achieve, and it seeks to do so in a pragmatic and collegial fashion. I commend the Bill to the House.
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