Freight By Rail

EDM number 528 in 2005-06, proposed by Robert N Wareing on 06/07/2005.

That this House welcomes the Who Cares? campaign by the rail union, Aslef, which seeks to increase the amount of freight being moved by rail; notes the myriad environmental and transport problems created by the over-reliance on road transport; further notes that an average freight train can remove 50 heavy goods vehicle journeys and that, per tonne carried, rail produces approximately 10 per cent. of the carbon monoxide produced by road transportation; and calls on the Government to do everything it can to promote the greater movement of freight by rail, which would cut pollution and free up roads.

This motion has been signed by a total of 76 MPs.