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Diesel Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to (a) identify and (b) recall diesel vehicles found to contain illegal defeat devices.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
6 Mar 2025
Target answer date
10 Mar 2025
Answer
12 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to (a) identify and (b) recall diesel vehicles found to contain illegal defeat devices.

  2. 10 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Department for Transport is the department responsible for setting and enforcing standards for NOx emissions from diesel vehicles. The Market Surveillance Unit within the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is undertaking a programme looking at possib...

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