Extract from Westminster Hall debate on Transport Infrastructure: Redditch - Jun 18
Wednesday, 19 June 2019 07:37
Rachel Maclean (Redditch) (Con):...I want to touch on the future of
driving. The Government are committed to ending the sale of
conventional petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2040, but there is
a lot of work to do to ensure that we have the infrastructure and
technology to enable people to harness cleaner, greener vehicles
that are better for the environment and cheaper. Recently, we have
had discussions with the local borough councils about how they will
ensure that we have enough charging...Request free trial
(Redditch) (Con):...I
want to touch on the future of driving. The Government are
committed to ending the sale of conventional petrol and diesel cars
and vans by 2040, but there is a lot of work to do to ensure that
we have the infrastructure and technology to enable people to
harness cleaner, greener vehicles that are better for the
environment and cheaper. Recently, we have had discussions with the
local borough councils about how they will ensure that we have
enough charging points for electric vehicles in a town such as
Redditch. How do we develop the batteries to ensure that the cars
are fit for purpose and can genuinely replace a petrol or diesel
car? Colleagues may be interested to know—I learned this just this
week on one of my bus tours—that people with pacemakers cannot
recharge electric cars. I was not aware of that, and
clearly we need to look at that if we want people to
use electric cars. Those fitted with a pacemaker
cannot approach a charging point, so we need to change something to
help people take advantage of the technology. There clearly are
enormous opportunities that will bring enormous benefits to my
constituency of Redditch and to others up and down the
country...
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