As readers may be aware, the Prime Minister recently announced the creation of a new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. In their preliminary oral questions, I pressed the Minister to welcome Hillingdon and Harrow’s plans to increase the availability of electric charging points locally, and asked whether he believed this to be a more effective way forward than the Mayor’s plan to expand ULEZ for improving local carbon emissions. The Minister was delighted by our local boroughs’ plans and implored the Mayor to reconsider his plans.
