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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-12-22more like thismore than 2015-12-22
answering body
Department for Transport more like this
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 Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions remove filter
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in making their decision about how to vote on the implementation of real driving emissions tests at the 28 October meeting of the Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles, whether they took into account (1) estimates from DEFRA and Public Health England that pollution from mono-nitrogen oxides is responsible for 23,500 premature deaths in the UK per annum, (2) the 2010 estimates from the WHO suggesting that air-pollution related deaths cost the UK $83,069 per annum, (3) the failure of London, Leeds, and Birmingham to maintain nitrogen dioxide levels within legal limits over the past five years, and (4) the Supreme Court’s ruling in <i>R (on the application of ClientEarth) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs </i>[2015] UKSC 28 on 29 April that they should take immediate action to tackle air pollution. more like this
tabling member printed
Baroness Falkner of Margravine more like this
uin HL4815 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-01-07more like thismore than 2016-01-07
answer text <p>The Government is committed to taking action on vehicle emissions testing that restores consumer confidence and delivers our wider air quality and climate objectives. We strongly support the current Real Driving Emissions agreement, which is expected to significantly reduce average real world NOx emissions from new diesel cars from 2017. It makes type approval requirements for diesel vehicles significantly more stringent by requiring manufacturers to ensure real-world emissions are maintained below 2.1 times the laboratory-testing limit in 2017 and at or below the laboratory-testing limit by 2020 (with a margin for measurement uncertainty). Issues relating to vehicle emissions are considered in the context of the UK Government’s plans for air quality. More detail is set out in the air quality plans published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the 17<sup>th</sup> December.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-01-07T12:42:17.067Zmore like thismore than 2016-01-07T12:42:17.067Z
answering member
4210
label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon more like this
tabling member
3670
label Biography information for Baroness Falkner of Margravine more like this