Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will use the power in Section 143 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 to direct the Mayor of London not to expand the ULEZ to outer London boroughs.

The Government has never supported or advocated the choice the Mayor of London has made to expand the ULEZ to the whole of Greater London, which was not in his manifesto.

His revised transport plan, which included the ULEZ expansion, was passed by the GLA in 2022, with only Conservative MLAs opposing its imposition.

S.143 of the GLA Act is not legally actionable in the case of ULEZ, the only thing that could be done to stop it would be a change of Primary Legislation to reduce the power of the Mayor of London and the GLA.

It is for the Mayor of London to justify his decision to expand the ULEZ and impose a £12.50 per day tax on the motorists within the capital and those who enter it for work, caring responsibilities or leisure, hitting the poorest the hardest and negatively impacting the economy of our capital city.

The people will have their verdict on the Mayor’s decision in next year’s mayor election.