Cycling and Walking - 2nd May 2019

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Cycling and Walking.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2019-05-02/debates/9AA4A1FA-DF5D-4476-93B8-029770E584C4/CyclingandWalking

Jesse Norman (Conservative)

Cycling and walking are an important part of transport strategy for this Government, and of course they bring great benefits in terms of health, combating obesity and improving air quality, and, as the Committee on Climate Change has reminded us, with their effects on the environment more widely. We published the cycling and walking investment strategy in 2017. Since then, we have conducted a major cycling and walking safety review, as well as providing a lot more funding; about £2 billion is being invested over this Parliament. The Department is also supporting 46 local authorities with their local cycling and walking infrastructure plans, so they can deliver cycling and walking schemes according to a more phased and consistent long-term programme.

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