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Bid to Scrap ULEZ Talked Out

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Last week a private members Bill introduced in Parliament by Gareth Johnson M.P. failed to progress as it was “talked out” by Labour politicians. The bill would have given the Secretary of State for Transport powers to set the boundaries of the ULEZ in London – see https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3555. This would have given clear powers to central Government to halt the ULEZ expansion as recently happened.

The Government says it supported the bill. Will it bring it back into Parliament? It should certainly do so. It is time the Government took powers away from Sadiq Khan who is only interested in raising taxes to fund his own empire.

There was never any justification for expanding the ULEZ to outer London. Tory Mayoral candidate Susan Hall says she will scrap the expansion while the Reform candidate Howard Cox says he will scrap the ULEZ scheme altogether. Some tactical voting may be required to ensure Sadiq Khan is ejected in May.

Roger Lawson

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Private Members Bill to Stop ULEZ?

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Gareth Johnson, MP for Dartford, is introducing a private members bill in Parliament that will overturn the expansion of the ULEZ scheme into outer London. See https://www.garethjohnsondartford.co.uk/news/gareth-johnson-mp-announces-private-members-bill-overturn-ulez-expansion and https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/net-zero/tory-mps-plot-to-overturn-sadiq-khans-ulez-expansion/ .

The ULEZ scheme imposes high costs on drivers in outer London and surrounding counties when many of them do not even get a vote for the Mayor of London. It also impacts those with older vehicles who can least afford the charges. The ULEZ expansion will have negligible impact on air pollution in outer London. It’s simply an unjustified way of raising taxation to fund public transport and Sadiq Khan’s mismanagement of TfL.

Let us hope that MPs and the Government support this bill although it’s always difficult to get private members bills through Parliament as they are often “talked out” by opposers.

Roger Lawson

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