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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-06-22more like thismore than 2015-06-22
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 1 more like this
legislature
25259
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 potential effect of automotive emissions on climate change in the next five years. more like this
tabling member constituency Wrexham more like this
tabling member printed
Ian C. Lucas more like this
uin 900550 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-06-25more like thismore than 2015-06-25
answer text <p>Cars, vans and heavy good vehicles emit greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, which contribute to climate change.</p><p /> <p>Each year the Government publishes updated energy projections analysing and projecting future greenhouse gas emissions in the UK.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The last set of data was published in September 2014 and projects a reduction in road transport emissions over the period 2015 to 2020 from 108 Mt CO2 to 99 Mt CO2, based on current committed policy.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p /> <p>The UK has some of the most stretching carbon targets in the world which will see a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in 2025 compared to 1990 levels, on a path towards an 80% reduction by 2050.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p> </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 2015-06-25T11:49:14.97Zmore like thismore than 2015-06-25T11:49:14.97Z
answering member
3996
label Biography information for Andrew Jones more like this
tabling member
1470
label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas more like this