I just want to clarify that the Bill is not asking for free car parking for all; it is asking to protect a vulnerable group who suffer great financial hardship from car parking charges. Despite the figure he has just mentioned, I am sure that the Minister will agree that the average car parking cost is £39 a week and significantly higher in some areas. Should the most vulnerable—those on the lowest incomes, who are already providing invaluable support to the NHS—be made to carry that burden?
Hospital Parking Charges (Exemption for Carers) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Julie Cooper
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Friday, 30 October 2015.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Hospital Parking Charges (Exemption for Carers) Bill.
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