Dear Constituent,

I am writing to you to urge you to sign Scottish Labour’s petition against road tax for cyclists.

In a recent consultation document, the SNP asked ‘Should all road users pay road tax? If so, how much should it be for cyclists and how could it be enforced?’

This is a ridiculous suggestion. To meet our climate change targets, to improve health and, above all, to tackle congestion we need to persuade people out of their cars and onto bikes.

Introducing a bike tax would have the completely opposite effect. If the SNP government is serious about its commitments on climate change and making Scotland a healthier nation then how on earth does introducing a tax on cyclist help?

You can help by signing our petition at www.scottishlabour.org.uk/nobiketax.

You can also read the SNP’s proposal through the above link. I believe that we need to make Scotland a greener country and this means gettin g more people cycling to and from work, instead of travelling by car. A bike tax will encourage people to stay in their cars, sending completely the wrong message to those who may have been considering cycling to work by introducing a cash disincentive.

Please forward this email onto your friends and ask them to sign this petition also.  Together, we can stop the SNP from taking this proposal any further and help make Scotland a healthier, greener nation.

Kind regards

Des McNulty
Labour's Transport and Climate Change spokesman

P.S. Once you have signed the petition, please ask your friends to have their say too. www.scottishlabour.org.uk/nobiketax