Schedule 1
Greater London Authority Bill
11:45 am
Martin Linton (PPS (Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC, Minister of State), Department for Constitutional Affairs; Battersea, Labour)
I seek to make two points. First, the westward extension of the congestion charge affects many more people than the residents of Kensington and Chelsea who are within the zone. It affects the whole of London and the traffic going through it.
Secondly, in my constituency there were many strong, articulate opponents of the western extension of the congestion charge, with whom I have every sympathy because it adversely affected them. The Mayor nevertheless won a majority in the mayoral elections, even in Battersea.