Question follow-through · 55578

Motor Vehicles: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals under the Environment Act 2021 on the compulsory recall of vehicles and engines on the grounds that relevant environmental standards are not met.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 30 May 2025
Target answer date: 3 Jun 2025
Answer: 5 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

30 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals under the Environment Act 2021 on the compulsory recall of vehicles and engines on the grounds that relevant environmental standards are not met.
3 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Jun 2025
Answer published
Vehicle manufacturers are required by law to ensure that the vehicles they place on the market in the UK meet rigorous environmental standards and to recall or fix vehicles if they are found to not meet those standards when on sale. Where vehicle manufact...

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