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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has taken recent steps to prevent vehicle manufacturers from selling vehicles that contain emissions defeat devices.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1467299", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1467299/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department does not consider that increasing fine levels would be a suitable way to reduce the numbers to drivers idling unnecessarily. We believe there are other effective ways of influencing driver behaviour and increasing public awareness of the damaging air quality impact of unnecessary idling. Local Authorities should utilise a range of methods to encourage motorists to change their behaviour, including public information campaigns.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing fines for car idling.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1332011/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Unnecessary vehicle idling is already an offence under The Road Traffic (Vehicle Emissions) (Fixed Penalty) (England) Regulations 2002, with equivalent devolved powers. It is also the subject of rule 123 of the Highway Code, which drivers are required to learn and observe.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Local Authorities, which are responsible for enforcement, are free to take other measures to discourage engine idling, including additional signage at specific locations. The Department for Transport has authorised the use of such signs by some traffic authorities where required.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of allocating departmental funding to support the development of technology to filter toxic particles from vehicle exhausts at source to reduce air pollution.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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