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London Local Authorities and Transport for London (No. 2) Bill [Lords ]

Maybe my hon. Friend is right, but my submission is that if the London authority is going to provide charging points, it should do so itself, on its

own land. The Bill does not deal with charging points on private land. It deals only with charging points in public off-street car parks that are in the control of the authority, and on any highway for which it is responsible as the highway authority. If someone is going to set up a charging point on a highway, the highway authority should be responsible for it, rather than the person who is setting it up. If anyone wants to set up private off-street charging points for electric vehicles, I would encourage them so to do. They would not need the permission of the local authority to do that. Indeed, they might be able to access the subsidies that were mentioned earlier. Clause 16 allows a London authority to give an “authorised person” permission to set up a charging point on the highway, for which that authority would not be directly responsible.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
567 c1102 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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