Vince Cable (Lib Dem MP, Twickenham) vows to seek reversal of parking charges.
Vince Cable writes (11 January 2010):
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Dear Pieter [Chair of Keep Bushy Park Free Alliance],
Thank you for your email. I and my colleagues are opposed to the parking charges, have campaigned strongly against them and if you are unable to stop their introduction in this parliament and by continued lobbying, we shall then seek to have them reversed. My personal priority is Bushy Park but we have to see the problem as a whole including Richmond Park.
The charges are unnecessary, undesirable and have unintended consequences. The reasons given by the Royal Parks are inconsistent and confused, and the method of charging chosen bears almost no relation to the declared objective of reducing through traffic.
Kind regards,
Vince
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