VoteClimate: High Speed Rail (Scotland) - 6th November 2012

High Speed Rail (Scotland) - 6th November 2012

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate High Speed Rail (Scotland).

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2012-11-06/debates/12110692000001/HighSpeedRail(Scotland)

16:14 The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Norman Baker)

Faster journeys will produce more extensive modal shift between rail and air, as the train becomes the mode of choice for more travellers. High-speed rail is already greener than flying, and the gap between the two modes will widen as we make progress in decarbonising the sources of our electricity.

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