Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Rail Freight Growth.
Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2026-09-08/debates/26090828000012/RailFreightGrowth
Heidi Alexander (Labour)
This new target reflects not only our ambition for the sector, but our commitment to improving supply chain resilience, economic growth and decarbonising our logistics sector. It is estimated that delivering the 2040 growth target will increase the value of goods moved by rail freight from ?33.7 billion to ?49.5 billion. It is also estimated that meeting the target would save a million tonnes of CO2 per year compared with freight moved by road.
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