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Local Election Survey 2018 – Candidates

We’re surveying candidates in Greater Manchester for the 2018 election. Find out more about the survey.

Below is a summary of the responses across the areas of Greater Manchester. Where a candidate has already responded, you can see their response. If your candidates haven’t yet responded, follow the Twitter link to ask them to!

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Name
Richard Leese
Party
Labour
City/Borough
Manchester
Area
Crumpsall

Question 1
Climate Change
Do you agree that Greater Manchester should adopt the Tyndall Centre’s science-based carbon budgets, set targets to halve the region’s emissions in the next five years and become carbon neutral by 2038?

Yes

Although ambitious not sure 2038 is quick enough

Question 2
Divestment from Fossil Fuels
Do you agree that the Greater Manchester Pension Fund should fully divest from fossil fuels in the next five years?

Yes



Question 3
Walking and Cycling
Will you support your local council allocating funding to implement the walking and cycling (active travel) measures contained in Chris Boardman's ‘Made to Move’ report?

Yes



Question 4
Air Quality
Will you call on your local council to introduce ‘parking exclusion zones’ around local schools at peak times?

Undecided

Manchester Labour is committed to developing a comprehensive policy around parking and to tackling air pollution more generally including non-transport generated pollution. Parking around schools is a safety and anti-social behaviour issue but our capacity to enforce restrictions is severely limited so need something reasonably self-policing

Question 5
Biodiversity
Will you support a ban on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides in your local council area and work to phase out the use of other pollinator-harming pesticides?

Yes



Question 6
Plastics
Will you support the phase-out of single-use plastics in your local authority by 2020?

Yes



Question 7
Aviation
Will you support the introduction of a cap on emissions from flights to and from Manchester Airport?

No

As planes become more efficient emissions should fall anyway but could be hastened by effective international action. This cannot be regulated locally and aviation emissions don’t “ belong “ to Manchester. In addition growth at Manchester Airport is crucial to the North’s economic prosperity

Question 8
Energy Efficiency
Do you support the introduction of a GM-wide building standard for all new developments to be zero-carbon and climate resilient?

No

Devolution is exactly that and GM cannot and should not be telling districts what to do. Having said that I support more demanding standards as for example in Manchester’s residential growth standards

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