A report by the All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group's "Get Britain Cycling" inquiry, published on 24 April, calls for 10 per cent of journeys in Britain to be made by cycle by 2025 - the current figure is less than 2 per cent - and for central government spending of at least £10 per head of population per year to boost cycle use, increasing this figure as cycle use rises.

These recommendations echo calls made by the cycling charity CTC in its written and oral evidence to the inquiry earlier this year.

CTC, with The Times, Sustrans, the AA and British Cycling, is urging members to sign up to a joint petition on the Number 10 website, calling for the Government to implement the recommendations.

Members of the Parliamentary Cycling Group include Devon MPs Ben Bradshaw and Sarah Wollaston.