High Speed Rail (Scotland) - 6th November 2012

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate High Speed Rail (Scotland).

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2012-11-06/debates/12110692000001/HighSpeedRailScotland

16:19 Norman Baker

Faster journeys will produce more extensive modal shift between rail and air, as the train becomes the mode of choice for more travellers. High-speed rail is already greener than flying, and the gap between the two modes will widen as we make progress in decarbonising the sources of our electricity.

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