Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Transport

Oral Answers to Questions

Graham P Jones Excerpts
Thursday 28th April 2016

(8 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Robert Goodwill Portrait Mr Goodwill
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Electric cars can benefit from surplus electricity overnight and use that off-peak electricity very effectively, and I for one believe that nuclear generation will be part of our future energy strategy.

Graham P Jones Portrait Graham Jones (Hyndburn) (Lab)
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Too few companies in east Lancashire either offer or advertise the cycle to work scheme. What can the Government do to extend the scheme in areas such as mine?

Robert Goodwill Portrait Mr Goodwill
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The Treasury is an enthusiastic backer of the cycle to work scheme, and I know that many people have taken it up and that many companies can make sure their employees get information about it. It is a great scheme that gets a lot of people on to two wheels and reduces not only carbon dioxide emissions but other pollutants that cars produce.