Petition · past parliament

Stop building on green field sites , less farmland = less food production area

Closed 71 signatures

What the petition asks

If we keep building on agricultural land used for food production we are going to cause food shortages and with the population growing at a fast rate this is not sustainable. In 1940 the country could only just feed its population with a fraction of the population.
During the last severe winter we had and food could not reach the supermarkets due to snow blocking roads , shortage of food on the shelves was starting to cause anarchy within the public. This was just a taste of things to come. Just think if this was to happen all the time. Usually civilised people act very different when threatened with shortages. Do you really want this to happen to your children, grandchildren. Stop destroying agricultural land now!

Timeline

1 Sep 2015 Petition opened for signatures
1 Mar 2016 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 71
Status Closed
Opened 1 Sep 2015
Closed 1 Mar 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.