The London Mayor must end expanded ULEZ or expand scrappage scheme more lenient.

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

Sadiq Kahn has expanded the ULEZ zone in London. Whilst devolved to the metro Mayor the Government should force the Mayor, through tying action to C. govt funding, to scrap the expansion or else assist Londoners and commuters with an existent scrappage scheme.

The expansion hurts low income families the most, who cannot afford to give up their cars, purchases more expensive ones and for whom the scrappage scheme is not extended or affordable either. In addition, many tradespeople are hurt by these measures. The Government must call on the Mayor to rethink his policy, to support lower income households in moving to cleaner forms of transport and acknowledge that building on the backs of the poor is the wrong way to go about making London's air cleaner.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

Petitions must call for a specific action that the UK Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

Decisions about the ULEZ and London scrappage schemes are a matter for Transport for London and the London Assembly, not the UK Government or House of Commons. As a result it is not possible for the Government or House of Commons to take the action you have requested.

We could accept a petition calling on the Government to create its own scrappage scheme, but it would need to be clear how you wanted this to work.

The London Assembly has its own petitions process. You can find out more about how to petition the London Assembly here: https://www.london.gov.uk/about-us/london-assembly/petitions

Timeline

24 Oct 2021	Petition opened for signatures
29 Oct 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14

Status Rejected

Rejected 29 Oct 2021

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