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BRITAIN'S ROAD PROGRAMME

EDM (Early Day Motion) 444A1: tabled on 26 January 1994

Tabled in the 1993-94 session.

This motion has been signed by 5 Members. It is an amendment to an existing motion.

As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.

This is an amendment to an existing motion

This motion was originally tabled by Nick Harvey on 25 January 1994. This is amendment number 1.

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Suggested amendment

at end add 'and further calls for the Department of the Environment to introduce planning guidelines to reduce city centre parking places and for the Treasury to remove all subsidies to business car users.'.

Original motion text

That this House recognises that road traffic is set to double by the year 2025; notes that the Department of Transport has recently established a link between the construction of new roads and the generation of new traffic; further notes that the Secretary of State for Transport has been reported as saying that car growth cannot be allowed to continue unchecked; regrets that at the launch of the Government's environmental strategy for the next 20 years the Prime Minister failed to set any targets or enact any policy which will tackle this growth; and therefore calls upon the Government to announce an immediate moratorium on motorway widening, a comprehensive review of the ú23 billion roads programme, the implementation of measure to limit traffic growth and reduce the number of vehicle journeys on Britain's roads and a commitment to invest in clean, efficient public transport as an attractive alternative to the motor car.

There are no withdrawn signatures for this amendment.