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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-06-09more like thismore than 2015-06-09
answering body
Department for Transport remove filter
answering dept id 27 more like this
answering dept short name Transport more like this
answering dept sort name Transport more like this
hansard heading Electric Vehicles remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the possible dangers posed to pedestrians by electric vehicles. more like this
tabling member constituency Strangford more like this
tabling member printed
Jim Shannon more like this
uin 1683 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-06-16more like thismore than 2015-06-16
answer text <p>A study by Transport Research Laboratory for the Department in 2011 found no evidence that quiet vehicles, e.g. electric and hybrid-electric vehicles, represent a greater danger to other road users, including pedestrians, than conventional vehicles. Nonetheless, a new EU regulation dealing with noise from road vehicles was adopted in 2014 and this will require additional sound devices to be fitted to new types of electric and hybrid-electric vehicles launched from 2019.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough more like this
answering member printed Andrew Jones more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-06-16T13:32:48.257Zmore like thismore than 2015-06-16T13:32:48.257Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Andrew Jones more like this
tabling member
4131
label Biography information for Jim Shannon more like this