BMJ 1996;312:1606 (22 June)

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Doctors should support parliamentary bill

EDITOR,--David V Bates concludes that it may be public pressure and not the medical profession that leads to further clean air legislation in Britain.1 Public pressure to reduce road traffic has already begun, and medical professionals should now add their weight to the campaign.

Last March saw the introduction to parliament of the Road Traffic Reduction Bill, which would require the government to set targets for reducing road traffic miles by a tenth by 2010. The bill was introduced by Mr Cynog Dafis. He has introduced similar bills in previous sessions of parliament, but they have always been opposed by the government. This bill will undoubtedly also be opposed. However, a campaign is now building behind the bill; this is being led by Friends of the Earth and the Green party, which are trying to build enough public support to push it through.

Community based campaigns have succeeded before. Last . . . [Full text of this article]


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