Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Jim Shannon Excerpts
Wednesday 15th June 2022

(1 year, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Alok Sharma Portrait Alok Sharma
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As my hon. Friend points out, parking policy enforcement is devolved to local authorities. He certainly makes an interesting point and I encourage him to raise it with the Department for Transport. Local authorities can, under a traffic regulation order under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, implement parking restrictions, for example dedicated electric vehicle bays.

Jim Shannon Portrait Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP)
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On local government authorities, has consideration been given to a part-funded scheme allowing refuse vehicles coming near to end of life to be sourced as zero emission, with the cost offset to set the example for other businesses?

Alok Sharma Portrait Alok Sharma
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The hon. Gentleman makes an interesting point. Perhaps I can write to him or get a fellow Minister to do so on this issue.