VoteClimate: Active Travel - 8th June 2023

Active Travel - 8th June 2023

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Active Travel.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2023-06-08/debates/54CD1E49-E947-4909-B122-FE3FAD885258/ActiveTravel

Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat)

People walking, wheeling and cycling saved 2.5 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions and avoided more than 29,000 early deaths in 2021. However, only a fifth of total active travel spending comes from dedicated funding, with the rest coming from various funding pots that are not guaranteed. With such a low proportion of ringfenced funding, how can the Government guarantee that this money is really spent on active travel, which is good for our health, economy and environment?

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