Deputy leader of Reform UK party one of 35 MPs happy to fly the flag for endangered Swifts

                                                         

Boston and Skegness MP Richard Tice

THE deputy leader of Reform UK, Richard Tice, is one of 35 MPs who have signed a petition calling for Swift bricks to be installed in new domestic buildings.

The petition states: This House notes with concern the dramatic decline in the breeding population of swifts whose numbers have dropped by 60 per cent since 1995; recognises that the loss of natural nesting habitat for swifts and other cavity nesting birds has meant that four species of these birds are now on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species; welcomes the fact that Barratt Homes, Vistry and other members of the Home Builders Federation have stated they have no objection to legislation that would require the incorporation into all new domestic buildings of swift bricks, which are universal bricks that would provide nesting habitat for eight species of small bird, and that these would not delay or increase the costs of the Government's house-building plans; and therefore urges the Government to introduce such regulations at the earliest opportunity so as to prevent the extinction of one of our most loved species.

The petition is being sponsored by the following Members:

* Barry Gardiner (Labour)

* Neil Duncan-Jordan (Labour)

* Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)

* Shokat Adam (Independent)

* Simon Opher (Labour)

* Jon Trickett (Labour)

Other signatories to date are:

* Rachel Maskell (Labour)

* Ian Lavery  (Labour)

* Ellie Chowns (Green)

* Brian Mathew (Liberal Democrat)

* Tonia Antoniazzi (Labour)

* Cat Smith  (Labour)

* Robin Swann (Ulster Unionist)

* Martin Rhodes  (Labour)

* Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat)

* Chris Hinchliff (Labour)

* Mary Kelly Foy (Labour)

* Sir Bernard Jenkin (Conservative)

* Richard Tice (Reform UK)

* Graham Stringer (Labour)

* Catherine Fookes (Labour)

* Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru)

* Claire Hannan (Social Democratic & Labour)

* Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat)

* Olivia Blake (Labour)

* Chris Kane (Labour)

* Tom Gordon (Liberal Democrat)

* Martin Wrigley (Liberal Democrat)

* Pippa Heylings (Liberal Democrat)

* Siân Berry (Green)

* Adrian Ramsay (Green) 

* John Whitby (Labour)

*Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru)

* Llinos Medi (Plaid Cymru)

* Ann Davies (Plaid Cymru)