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Question follow-through · 90353

Diesel Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will take steps to ensure that vehicles fitted with illegal emissions defeat devices are (a) recalled and (b) rectified at no cost to the vehicle owner.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
12 Nov 2025
Target answer date
17 Nov 2025
Answer
17 Nov 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will take steps to ensure that vehicles fitted with illegal emissions defeat devices are (a) recalled and (b) rectified at no cost to the vehicle owner.

  2. 17 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s Market Surveillance Unit (MSU) is investigating cases of possible non-compliant diesel emissions in cars and vans. The investigations aim to ensure any non-compliance found is fixed as soon as reasonably possible,...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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