(Dover)
(Ind):...It is important that we are compassionate
and that we care for the least well off. Having a steady
economy, with increased jobs and increased prosperity means
that we have more money to invest in public services.
However, we also need to inspire and support the
entrepreneurs—the job creators. We need to be on the side
of the consumer and ensure more competition in a more
dynamic economy. Finally, we need to embrace the industries
of the future. Let me talk briefly about electric cars.
Why is the adoption of electric cars so slow? The answer
is that because people are worried about their car conking
out and being stranded in the middle of nowhere. We need a
step-change in how we manage infrastructure and charging
points. We need to make sure that infrastructure is not
just in people’s workplaces, which is welcome, but across
the land. Until that happens, there will not be the mass
adoption of electric cars. We need to make that more
viable and possible, because then big company car fleets
will go electric. As soon as they do, that will cascade
through the marketplace. The one thing we need to do more
work on—the Treasury needs to do more work on it—is getting
more investment in infrastructure for charging
and electric cars. That way offers a real
chance for our country to be less polluted so that the air
we breathe is cleaner and our environment is better as well
as ending our addiction to fossil fuels and our dependence
on unstable countries around the world, thereby enjoying
much greater energy security here in Britain...
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