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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 28 October (HL2621), what assessment they have made of whether the 12 unplanned closures of the East Coast Main Line in September represent an adequate level of service to the users of that line.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/426080/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government wants almost every car and van to be a zero emission vehicle by 2050 and is investing £500m between 2015 and 2020 to help deliver this. The long-term transition to ultra low emission vehicles can help improve local air quality, and will also lower UK greenhouse gas emissions and provide high value jobs and growth, but our modelling suggests that even very rapid uptake can have only a marginal impact on today\u2019s air quality problems because of the time taken to turn over the vehicle fleet.<\/p><br /><p>We are aware that a number of local authorities have been assessing electric car charging point requirements in air quality management areas.<\/p><br /><p>The Government is considering future grid and chargepoint requirements as part of its planning for this transition. The UK already has the largest network of rapid chargepoints across Europe and over 6000 publically accessible chargepoints have been part-funded by the Government. We will continue to collaborate with industry to ensure that the UK\u2019s infrastructure network meets the needs of electric vehicle drivers.<\/p>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/426082/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government wants almost every car and van to be a zero emission vehicle by 2050 and is investing £500m between 2015 and 2020 to help deliver this. The long-term transition to ultra low emission vehicles can help improve local air quality, and will also lower UK greenhouse gas emissions and provide high value jobs and growth, but our modelling suggests that even very rapid uptake can have only a marginal impact on today\u2019s air quality problems because of the time taken to turn over the vehicle fleet.<\/p><br /><p>We are aware that a number of local authorities have been assessing electric car charging point requirements in air quality management areas.<\/p><br /><p>The Government is considering future grid and chargepoint requirements as part of its planning for this transition. The UK already has the largest network of rapid chargepoints across Europe and over 6000 publically accessible chargepoints have been part-funded by the Government. We will continue to collaborate with industry to ensure that the UK\u2019s infrastructure network meets the needs of electric vehicle drivers.<\/p>"}
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