Extract from consideration in committee (Commons) of the Vehicle Technology and Aviation Bill - March 16
Friday, 17 March 2017 08:02
Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West) (Lab):...We understand from
the Bill’s wording, which could be usefully removed, the
Government’s idea that little corner shops that would not be
subject to the regulations. Corner shops are retailers and almost
all of them have a little parking area, even in rural areas. I
think we understand that the concept of large fuel retailers would
not cover, for example, my local BP station, which is a
one-minute walk from my house and has five...Request free trial
(Wolverhampton South West)
(Lab):...We understand from the Bill’s wording, which
could be usefully removed, the Government’s idea that little corner
shops that would not be subject to the regulations. Corner shops
are retailers and almost all of them have a little parking area,
even in rural areas. I think we understand that the concept of
large fuel retailers would not cover, for example, my
local BP station, which is a one-minute
walk from my house and has five parking spaces; some cars parked
for a quick, 30-minute charge will clog things up there. We went
through the evidence on that on Tuesday. We ought to be looking at
retailers and at supermarkets in particular, because very broadly
most people go there, park their car, go off and do their shopping
for half an hour or 45 minutes and come back. Their car could be
charged during that time...
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