Extract from Scottish Parliament debate on Climate Change - Nov 14
Thursday, 15 November 2018 08:04
Finlay Carson (Galloway and West Dumfries) (Con): ...Electric
vehicles account for less than 1 per cent of the 2.9 million
cars that are on the roads in Scotland. I acknowledge that the SNP
Government’s plans to phase out the purchase of new petrol and
diesel vehicles by 2032 is ahead of the UK Government’s target, but
a significant amount of progress is still to be made. Far more
needs to be done, and a clear road map needs to be drawn up to hit
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