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National Targets For Road Traffic Reduction

EDM number 323 in 1998-99, proposed by Joan Walley on 11/02/1999.

That this House is concerned that increases in traffic will increase atmospheric pollution and emissions of greenhouse gases, hampering the achievement of the Government's 20 per cent. carbon dioxide reduction target and damaging communities and the countryside; notes the similar concerns expressed by the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution and the Transport Committee; notes, too, that the CBI has estimted that congestion costs industry ú19 billion per year; notes the words in the Government's election manifesto that 'a sustainable environment requires above all an effective and integrated transport policy at national, regional and local level;' and the acceptance in Consensus for Change 'that the current state of affairs is unsustainable'; believes, therefore, that traffic reduction is a vital part of a sustainable transport policy; accordingly welcomes the inclusion of Green Transport Plans in the recent guidance to local authorities and the passing of Road Traffic Reduction Acts in 1997 and 1998, but regrets that thus far targets are only required locally, believing that this anomaly, whereby traffic reduction targets are required for local roads, but not for national roads, cannot fully enable the establishment of 'an effective and integrated policy at national, regional and local level'; and therefore welcomes the proposals for traffic reduction promoted by a cross-party group of honourable Members which sets out a requirement for the Government to consult widely, and draw up and implement national policies to achieve, in a spirit of partnership, a reduction of traffic miles of 5 per cent. by 2005 and 10 per cent. by 2010.

This motion has been signed by a total of 317 MPs, 5 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Joan Walley11/02/1999Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourProposed
Ronnie Fearn11/02/1999SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Margaret Ewing11/02/1999MorayScottish National PartySigned
Bill Etherington11/02/1999Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Louise Ellman11/02/1999Liverpool, RiversideLabour Co-operativeSigned
Clive Efford11/02/1999ElthamLabourSigned
Huw Edwards11/02/1999MonmouthLabourSigned
Maria Eagle11/02/1999Liverpool, GarstonLabourSigned
Gwyneth Dunwoody11/02/1999Crewe & NantwichLabourSigned
Julia Drown11/02/1999South SwindonLabourSigned
David Drew11/02/1999StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Brian H Donohoe11/02/1999Cunninghame SouthLabourSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson11/02/1999Lagan ValleyUUPSigned
Jim Dobbin11/02/1999Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Janet Dean11/02/1999BurtonLabourSigned
Hilton Dawson11/02/1999Lancaster & WyreLabourSigned
Terry Davis11/02/1999Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Jim Fitzpatrick11/02/1999Poplar & Canning TownLabourSigned
Lorna Fitzsimons11/02/1999RochdaleLabourSigned
Caroline Flint11/02/1999Don ValleyLabourSigned
Tommy Graham11/02/1999West RenfrewshireIndependent LabourSigned
Donald Gorrie11/02/1999Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Eileen Gordon11/02/1999RomfordLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff11/02/1999Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small HeathLabourSigned
Norman Godman11/02/1999Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Linda Gilroy11/02/1999Plymouth, SuttonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Ian Gibson11/02/1999Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard11/02/1999WalthamstowLabourSigned
Andrew George11/02/1999St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Barry Gardiner11/02/1999Brent NorthLabourSigned
George Galloway11/02/1999Glasgow, KelvinLabourSigned
Maria Fyfe11/02/1999Glasgow, MaryhillLabourSigned
Michael Jabez Foster11/02/1999Hastings & RyeLabourSigned
Don Foster11/02/1999BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Barbara Follett11/02/1999StevenageLabourSigned
Paul Flynn11/02/1999Newport WestLabourSigned
Geraint Davies11/02/1999Croydon CentralLabourSigned
Denzil Davies11/02/1999LlanelliLabourSigned
Harry Cohen11/02/1999Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Ann Clwyd11/02/1999Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
Tony Clarke11/02/1999Northampton SouthLabourSigned
Paul Clark11/02/1999GillinghamLabourSigned
Judith Church11/02/1999DagenhamLabourSigned
Malcolm Chisholm11/02/1999Edinburgh North & LeithLabourSigned
David Chidgey11/02/1999EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
David Chaytor11/02/1999Bury NorthLabourSigned
Sydney Chapman11/02/1999Chipping BarnetConservativeSigned
Ian Cawsey11/02/1999Brigg & GooleLabourSigned
Martin Caton11/02/1999GowerLabourSigned
Roger Casale11/02/1999WimbledonLabourSigned
Jamie Cann11/02/1999IpswichLabourSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours11/02/1999WorkingtonLabourSigned
Menzies Campbell11/02/1999Fife North EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Campbell11/02/1999TynemouthLabourSigned
Iain Coleman11/02/1999Hammersmith & FulhamLabourSigned
Michael Colvin11/02/1999RomseyConservativeSigned
Ian Davidson11/02/1999Glasgow, PollokLabour Co-operativeSigned
Valerie Davey11/02/1999Bristol WestLabourSigned
Edward Davey11/02/1999Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Keith Darvill11/02/1999UpminsterLabourSigned
Claire Curtis-Thomas11/02/1999CrosbyLabourSigned
Roseanna Cunningham11/02/1999PerthScottish National PartySigned
Jim Cunningham11/02/1999Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe11/02/1999LeighLabourSigned
John Cryer11/02/1999HornchurchLabourSigned
Ann Cryer11/02/1999KeighleyLabourSigned
Tom Cox11/02/1999TootingLabourSigned
Jim Cousins11/02/1999Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Brian Cotter11/02/1999Weston-Super-MareLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn11/02/1999Islington NorthLabourSigned
Robin Corbett11/02/1999Birmingham, ErdingtonLabourSigned
Frank Cook11/02/1999Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Vincent Cable11/02/1999TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Dominic Grieve11/02/1999BeaconsfieldConservativeSigned
Derek Wyatt11/02/1999Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Rudi Vis11/02/1999Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Paul Tyler11/02/1999North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Twigg11/02/1999Enfield, SouthgateLabourSigned
Derek Twigg11/02/1999HaltonLabourSigned
Desmond Turner11/02/1999Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Paul Truswell11/02/1999PudseyLabourSigned
Jon Trickett11/02/1999HemsworthLabourSigned
David Tredinnick11/02/1999BosworthConservativeSigned
Jenny Tonge11/02/1999Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Todd11/02/1999South DerbyshireLabourSigned
Gareth Thomas11/02/1999Harrow WestLabourSigned
Gareth Thomas11/02/1999Clwyd WestLabourSigned
Peter Temple-Morris11/02/1999LeominsterLabourSigned
Teddy Taylor11/02/1999Rochford & Southend EastConservativeSigned
Matthew Taylor11/02/1999Truro & St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
David Taylor11/02/1999North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Jim Wallace11/02/1999Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Claire Ward11/02/1999WatfordLabourSigned
Tony Wright11/02/1999Cannock ChaseLabourSigned
Anthony D Wright11/02/1999Great YarmouthLabourSigned
Jimmy Wray11/02/1999Glasgow, BailliestonLabourSigned
Phil Woolas11/02/1999Oldham East & SaddleworthLabourSigned
Mike Wood11/02/1999Batley & SpenLabourSigned
Audrey Wise11/02/1999PrestonLabourSigned
Phil Willis11/02/1999Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams11/02/1999ConwyLabourSigned
Alan Williams11/02/1999Carmarthen East & DinefwrLabourSigned
Alan Williams11/02/1999Swansea WestLabourSigned
John Wilkinson11/02/1999Ruislip - NorthwoodConservativeSigned
Dafydd Wigley11/02/1999CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Alan Whitehead11/02/1999Southampton, TestLabourSigned
Brian White11/02/1999North East Milton KeynesLabourSigned
Steve Webb11/02/1999NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Wareing11/02/1999Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
John Swinney11/02/1999North TaysideScottish National PartySigned
Andrew Stunell11/02/1999Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Anne Begg11/02/1999Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
Harry Barnes11/02/1999North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Jackie Ballard11/02/1999TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Baker11/02/1999LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
John Austin11/02/1999Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Charlotte Atkins11/02/1999Staffordshire MoorlandsLabourSigned
Candy Atherton11/02/1999Falmouth & CamborneLabourSigned
Joe Ashton11/02/1999BassetlawLabourSigned
Donald Anderson11/02/1999Swansea EastLabourSigned
Mike Hancock11/02/1999Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Fabian Hamilton11/02/1999Leeds North EastLabourSigned
John Gunnell11/02/1999Morley & RothwellLabourSigned
John Grogan11/02/1999SelbyLabourSigned
David Amess11/02/1999Southend WestConservativeSigned
Richard Allan11/02/1999Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
Diane Abbott11/02/1999Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Roy Beggs11/02/1999East AntrimUUPSigned
Alan Beith11/02/1999Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Howard Stoate11/02/1999DartfordLabourSigned
Paul Stinchcombe11/02/1999WellingboroughLabourSigned
Ian Stewart11/02/1999EcclesLabourSigned
George Stevenson11/02/1999Stoke-on-Trent SouthLabourSigned
Gerry Steinberg11/02/1999Durham, City ofLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley11/02/1999Worthing WestConservativeSigned
David Borrow11/02/1999South RibbleLabourSigned
Richard Body11/02/1999Boston & SkegnessConservativeSigned
Hazel Blears11/02/1999SalfordLabourSigned
Liz Blackman11/02/1999ErewashLabourSigned
Harold Best11/02/1999Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Roger Berry11/02/1999KingswoodLabourSigned
Gerry Bermingham11/02/1999St Helens SouthLabourSigned
Joe Benton11/02/1999BootleLabourSigned
Tony Benn11/02/1999ChesterfieldLabourSigned
Martin Bell11/02/1999TattonIndependentSigned
Jane Griffiths11/02/1999Reading EastLabourSigned
Piara S Khabra11/02/1999Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Phil Hope11/02/1999CorbyLabour Co-operativeSigned
David Hinchliffe11/02/1999WakefieldLabourSigned
Stephen Hesford11/02/1999Wirral WestLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn11/02/1999JarrowLabourSigned
Ivan Henderson11/02/1999HarwichLabourSigned
David Heath11/02/1999Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey11/02/1999North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Evan Harris11/02/1999Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Phyllis Starkey11/02/1999Milton Keynes South WestLabourSigned
Helen Southworth11/02/1999Warrington SouthLabourSigned
Clive Soley11/02/1999Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's BushLabourSigned
Peter Snape11/02/1999West Bromwich EastLabourSigned
Martin Smyth11/02/1999Belfast SouthUUPSigned
Robert Smith11/02/1999West Aberdeenshire & KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Llew Smith11/02/1999Blaenau GwentLabourSigned
Geraldine Smith11/02/1999Morecambe & LunesdaleLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins11/02/1999Luton NorthLabourSigned
John Horam11/02/1999OrpingtonConservativeSigned
Paul Keetch11/02/1999HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Keen11/02/1999Feltham & HestonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Sally Keeble11/02/1999Northampton NorthLabourSigned
Gerald Kaufman11/02/1999Manchester, GortonLabourSigned
Nigel Jones11/02/1999CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Martyn Jones11/02/1999Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Lynne Jones11/02/1999Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Jenny Jones11/02/1999Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Ieuan Wyn Jones11/02/1999Ynys MPlaid CymruSigned
Barry Jones11/02/1999Alyn & DeesideLabourSigned
Brian Iddon11/02/1999Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Alan Hurst11/02/1999BraintreeLabourSigned
Andrew Hunter11/02/1999BasingstokeConservativeSigned
John Hume11/02/1999FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Joan Humble11/02/1999Blackpool North & FleetwoodLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle11/02/1999ChorleyLabourSigned
Angela Smith11/02/1999BasildonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Dennis Skinner11/02/1999BolsoverLabourSigned
John Randall11/02/1999UxbridgeConservativeSigned
Bill Rammell11/02/1999HarlowLabourSigned
Giles Radice11/02/1999North DurhamLabourSigned
Lawrie Quinn11/02/1999Scarborough & WhitbyLabourSigned
Gwyn Prosser11/02/1999DoverLabourSigned
Gordon Prentice11/02/1999PendleLabourSigned
Raymond Powell11/02/1999OgmoreLabourSigned
Stephen Pound11/02/1999Ealing NorthLabourSigned
Linda Perham11/02/1999Ilford NorthLabourSigned
Tom Pendry11/02/1999Stalybridge & HydeLabourSigned
Ian Pearson11/02/1999Dudley SouthLabourSigned
Nick Palmer11/02/1999BroxtoweLabourSigned
Chris Pond11/02/1999GraveshamLabourSigned
Kerry Pollard11/02/1999St AlbansLabourSigned
James Plaskitt11/02/1999Warwick & LeamingtonLabourSigned
Peter Pike11/02/1999BurnleyLabourSigned
David Rendel11/02/1999NewburyLiberal DemocratSigned
Laurence Robertson11/02/1999TewkesburyConservativeSigned
Marsha Singh11/02/1999Bradford WestLabourSigned
Alan Simpson11/02/1999Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Debra Shipley11/02/1999StourbridgeLabourSigned
Barry Sheerman11/02/1999HuddersfieldLabour Co-operativeSigned
Jonathan R Shaw11/02/1999Chatham & AylesfordLabourSigned
Brian Sedgemore11/02/1999Hackney South & ShoreditchLabourSigned
Phil Sawford11/02/1999KetteringLabourSigned
Adrian Sanders11/02/1999TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Salter11/02/1999Reading WestLabourSigned
Christine Russell11/02/1999Chester, City ofLabourSigned
Bob Russell11/02/1999ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris Ruane11/02/1999Vale of ClwydLabourSigned
Andrew Rowe11/02/1999Faversham & Mid KentConservativeSigned
Ernie Ross11/02/1999Dundee WestLabourSigned
Allan Rogers11/02/1999RhonddaLabourSigned
Peter Robinson11/02/1999Belfast EastDUPSigned
Julie Morgan11/02/1999Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
David Kidney11/02/1999StaffordLabourSigned
Christine Butler11/02/1999Castle PointLabourSigned
Mark Oaten11/02/1999WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Dan Norris11/02/1999WansdykeLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith11/02/1999Bristol North WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Jim Murphy11/02/1999Renfrewshire EastLabourSigned
Denis Murphy11/02/1999WansbeckLabourSigned
Kali Mountford11/02/1999Colne ValleyLabourSigned
Rhodri Morgan11/02/1999Cardiff WestLabourSigned
Alasdair Morgan11/02/1999Galloway & Upper NithsdaleScottish National PartySigned
Margaret Moran11/02/1999Luton SouthLabourSigned
Michael Moore11/02/1999Tweeddale, Ettrick & LauderdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Lewis Moonie11/02/1999KirkcaldyLabour Co-operativeSigned
Laura Moffatt11/02/1999CrawleyLabourSigned
Ray Michie11/02/1999Argyll & ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Michie11/02/1999Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
John McWilliam11/02/1999BlaydonLabourSigned
Tony McWalter11/02/1999Hemel HempsteadLabour Co-operativeSigned
Bill O'Brien11/02/1999NormantonLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara11/02/1999Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Paul Burstow11/02/1999Sutton & CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
John Burnett11/02/1999Torridge & West DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Burgon11/02/1999ElmetLabourSigned
Karen Buck11/02/1999Regent's Park and Kensington NorthLabourSigned
Malcolm Bruce11/02/1999GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Russell Brown11/02/1999DumfriesLabourSigned
Colin Breed11/02/1999South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Brand11/02/1999Isle of WightLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Brake11/02/1999Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Ben Bradshaw11/02/1999ExeterLabourSigned
Peter Bradley11/02/1999Wrekin, TheLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne11/02/1999AyrLabourSigned
Diana Organ11/02/1999Forest of DeanLabourSigned
Lembit 11/02/1999MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin O'Neill11/02/1999OchilLabourSigned
Bill Olner11/02/1999NuneatonLabourSigned
Shona McIsaac11/02/1999CleethorpesLabourSigned
Andy King11/02/1999Rugby & KenilworthLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd11/02/1999Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Richard Livsey11/02/1999Brecon & RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Ken Livingstone11/02/1999Brent EastLabourSigned
Martin Linton11/02/1999BatterseaLabourSigned
Terry Lewis11/02/1999WorsleyLabourSigned
Ivan Lewis11/02/1999Bury SouthLabourSigned
Tom Levitt11/02/1999High PeakLabourSigned
David Lepper11/02/1999Brighton, PavilionLabour Co-operativeSigned
Bob Laxton11/02/1999Derby NorthLabourSigned
Jackie Lawrence11/02/1999Preseli PembrokeshireLabourSigned
Stephen Ladyman11/02/1999South ThanetLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar11/02/1999Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Archy Kirkwood11/02/1999Roxburgh & BerwickshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Julie Kirkbride11/02/1999BromsgroveConservativeSigned
Tess Kingham11/02/1999GloucesterLabourSigned
Oona King11/02/1999Bethnal Green & BowLabourSigned
Tim Loughton11/02/1999East Worthing & ShorehamConservativeSigned
Andrew Love11/02/1999EdmontonLabour Co-operativeSigned
John McDonnell11/02/1999Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Siobhain McDonagh11/02/1999Mitcham & MordenLabourSigned
Robert McCartney11/02/1999North DownUKUPSigned
Chris McCafferty11/02/1999Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Stephen McCabe11/02/1999Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
John McAllion11/02/1999Dundee EastLabourSigned
John Maxton11/02/1999Glasgow, CathcartLabourSigned
Michael Mates11/02/1999East HampshireConservativeSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews11/02/1999MedwayLabourSigned
Jim Marshall11/02/1999Leicester SouthLabourSigned
Andrew MacKinlay11/02/1999ThurrockLabourSigned
Robert Maclennan11/02/1999Caithness, Sutherland & Easter RossLiberal DemocratSigned
Alice Mahon11/02/1999HalifaxLabourSigned
Judy Mallaber11/02/1999Amber ValleyLabourSigned
Seamus Mallon11/02/1999Newry & ArmaghSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
John Marek11/02/1999WrexhamLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden11/02/1999Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Eddie McGrady22/02/1999South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Eric Illsley25/02/1999Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore05/03/1999HendonLabourSigned
Geoffrey Johnson Smith15/03/1999WealdenConservativeSigned
David Stewart16/03/1999Inverness East, Nairn and LochaberLabourSigned
Tony Worthington15/04/1999Clydebank & MilngavieLabourSigned
Simon Hughes28/04/1999North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Patrick Hall29/04/1999BedfordLabourSigned
Joan Ruddock30/04/1999Lewisham, DeptfordLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell05/05/1999Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Ron Davies08/06/1999CaerphillyLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara10/06/1999Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Mark Fisher10/06/1999Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabourSigned
Michael Foster16/06/1999WorcesterLabourSigned
Charles Kennedy16/06/1999Ross, Skye & Inverness WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Robathan28/06/1999BlabyConservativeSigned
Syd Rapson28/06/1999Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Hilary Benn12/07/1999Leeds CentralLabourSigned
David Clark14/07/1999South ShieldsLabourSigned
Win Griffiths27/07/1999BridgendLabourSigned
Robert Walter19/10/1999North DorsetConservativeSigned
Gerry SutcliffeUnknownWithdrawn
Lynda ClarkUnknownWithdrawn
Chris MullinUnknownWithdrawn
Jacqui SmithUnknownWithdrawn
Malcolm WicksUnknownWithdrawn

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