Extract from Westminster Hall debate on Climate Change:
Extreme Weather Events Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park)
(Con):...However, given the scale of the challenge, as outlined in
detail in that IPCC report, clearly we have a very, very long way
to go; at the current rate of progress, we will not meet our fourth
and fifth carbon budgets. Domestically, that means doing absolutely
everything we can now to encourage a transition to electric
vehicles, and not waiting until 2040. It means saying...Request free trial
Extract from
Westminster Hall debate on Climate Change: Extreme Weather
Events
(Richmond Park)
(Con):...However, given the scale of the challenge, as
outlined in detail in that IPCC report, clearly we have a very,
very long way to go; at the current rate of progress, we will not
meet our fourth and fifth carbon budgets. Domestically, that means
doing absolutely everything we can now to encourage a transition to
electric vehicles, and not waiting until 2040. It means saying no
to infrastructure projects such as the third runway at Heathrow,
which will increase carbon emissions; rejecting the Government’s
proposal to allow fracking without proper local consent; and
creating the friendliest possible environment for the accelerated
development and roll-out of new, clean technologies...
(Strangford)
(DUP):...There was a Government initiative announced in
the Budget around electric cars; that was talked about
yesterday in the Chamber, in debate on the Finance
Bill. electric cars will work only if the
prices are right, the cars run well and there are enough charging
points, but at the moment, there is a dearth of these. It is no
good if we do not regularly have charging points across high
streets, villages and rural constituencies. Only then can people
depend on electric cars. I was listening to a story
on the radio last week about people who have dual-purpose
cars—those that run on both electricity and fuel—resorting back to
the fuel because charging points are not
always available. That is a real issue for the
Government and, to be fair, I think that they, and others,
recognise that it is something that we need to look at...
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Westminster Hall debate on Taxi and Private Hire
Licensing
(Reading East)
(Lab):...Some councils in the country hand out too many
licences, clogging up the streets and worsening congestion and air
quality, as my hon. Friend the Member for Ilford North (Wes
Streeting) mentioned. Illegal levels of air pollution are the UK’s
most severe public health crisis and cause 40,000 premature deaths
each year. Despite being repeatedly dragged through the courts, the
Government have refused to act, including by failing to include
taxi and private hire vehicle policy as part of a wider clean air
strategy, which I believe is a serious omission. Greater
investment in charging infrastructure and greater support for taxi
and private hire vehicle companies that wish to switch to electric
fleets are also required...
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