VoteClimate: Kirkstall Forge Railway Station - 29th June 2011

Kirkstall Forge Railway Station - 29th June 2011

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Kirkstall Forge Railway Station.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2011-06-29/debates/11062959000002/KirkstallForgeRailwayStation

11:11 The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Norman Baker)

The hon. Lady asked specifically about the shift from the car. The Department recognises, first, that we have to use transport to drive economic growth. Secondly, however, we have a responsibility to use transport in a way that reduces carbon emissions. We are certainly keen to secure a reduction in carbon emissions, and that could mean a modal shift from car to rail, particularly until the road transport network has been decarbonised, which is some way off.

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