Sustainable Transport

Adjournment debate on Tuesday, 8 May 2007, in the House of Commons, led by Martin Linton. The answering member was Tom Harris.

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on sustainable transport and bike and ride schemes for railway commuters.

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

460 c1-24WH

Session

2006-07

Department

Chamber / Committee

Proceeding contributions

Tom Harris | 460 c22-3WH (Link to this contribution) I understand my hon. Friend’s point. I am more comfortable allowing train operating companies to mak...

Tom Harris | 460 c21-2WH (Link to this contribution) That is why I deliberately qualified my comments and said that someone who cycled would not in every...

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Emily Thornberry | 460 c22WH (Link to this contribution) I agree absolutely, and I agree that simply installing a cycle rack is not sufficient. My concern wa...

Stephen Hammond | 460 c16-20WH (Link to this contribution) I welcome this important debate, which was excellently introduced by the hon. Member for Battersea (...

Paul Rowen | 460 c15-6WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Battersea (Martin Linton) on securing this very interesting debat...

Emily Thornberry | 460 c21WH (Link to this contribution) Is my hon. Friend aware that the mobility of some people is restricted, given that they find it diff...

Tom Harris | 460 c20WH (Link to this contribution) I agree with my hon. Friend’s point and am grateful for that clarification.

Martin Linton | 460 c20WH (Link to this contribution) I do not say that the two sets of circumstances are socially or morally equivalent, merely that ther...

Tom Harris | 460 c20WH (Link to this contribution) I also thank my hon. Friend the Member for Battersea (Martin Linton) for initiating this debate and ...

Tom Harris | 460 c23-4WH (Link to this contribution) I have four minutes left, and so I hope that the hon. Gentleman will forgive me if I try to make som...

Speaker | 460 c24WH (Link to this contribution) Order. We must move on to our next debate.

Hugh Bayley | 460 c13-5WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Battersea (Martin Linton) on securing this important de...

Lord Young of Cookham | 460 c6-8WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Battersea (Martin Linton) on securing the debate and on his eloqu...

Emily Thornberry | 460 c8-11WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Battersea (Martin Linton) on securing this debate. On p...

Martin Linton | 460 c11WH (Link to this contribution) Clapham Junction is the UK’s busiest station.

Emily Thornberry | 460 c11-3WH (Link to this contribution) I stand corrected, but I would be interested to hear what the state of Clapham Junction’s bike parki...

Martin Linton | 460 c1-5WH (Link to this contribution) I appreciate having an opportunity to raise what is a topical issue, given that the campaign by the ...

Martin Linton | 460 c6WH (Link to this contribution) I take that point entirely. There should be cycle racks in the guard’s van. If there is dedicated sp...

David Drew | 460 c5-6WH (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend accept that a real barrier, which is not mentioned anywhere, is that when people...

Subjects

Bicycles

Greater London

Public transport

Railway stations

Railways

Passengers

Transport

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