Reallocation of funding from road building to broadband, greenhouse gas emission reduction and economic re-balancing

That this House welcomes the intervention by Chris Stark, head of the Climate Change Committee, calling for a reallocation of funding from road-building to broadband; notes the remarks of AA President Edmund King recognising that the crisis may hasten long-term uptake of remote working practices which can increase business efficiency and reduce environmental damage; recognises that 21 per cent of UK greenhouse gas emissions were emitted from road transport in 2017; acknowledges that the lock-down measures imposed to mitigate covid-19 have led to increased remote working using digital infrastructure; and calls on the Government to urgently review its assessment of road traffic growth and reallocate funding to further the delivery of the universal service obligation for broadband, the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and the re-balancing of the economy geographically.