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date	30/03/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that toxic emissions are monitored effectively during MOT testing.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	70139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>The current test has been amended over recent years to introduce lower emission limits. The removal of after treatment devices, such as diesel particulate filters and selective catalytic reduction devices, have been added to the list of reasons why a vehicle would fail its MOT.</p><p> </p><p>In May 2018, the opacity limits for diesel vehicles will be tightened for newer diesel vehicles.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 20/04/2017 14:42:33 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

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registered interest
date	30/03/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will introduce real-world emissions testing of vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	70146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Transport undertook real-world emissions testing of Euro 5 and 6 diesel cars and the results were published in the Vehicle Emissions Testing report in April 2016. Further real-world emissions testing of other vehicle types is being undertaken by the Market Surveillance Unit and will be published later this year. Additionally, the government has been at the forefront of calls for the introduction of tougher emissions testing at a European level and the new Real Driving Emissions tests will come into force for all new car models from September this year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 20/04/2017 14:23:26 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray