Question follow-through · 29308
Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the whole-life environmental impact of replacing existing petrol and diesel vehicles with new zero-emission vehicles.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 11 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 17 Sept 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 · 24 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
11 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the whole-life environmental impact of replacing existing petrol and diesel vehicles with new zero-emission vehicles.
15 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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17 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Government has set out its intention to phase out the sale of new pure petrol and diesel cars from 2030, and to phase out the sale of all new non-zero emission cars and vans from 2035. The Government has no plans to phase out petrol and diesel vehicle...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
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