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Grand Committee
Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 - Tue 13 Jun 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (CON - Life peer) This decreases the commercial viability of these new types of cleaner vehicles, as more vehicles may - Speech Link
2: Baroness Randerson (LDEM - Life peer) I remember, about seven or eight years ago, having a ride on a prototype electric bus in the Westminster - Speech Link
3: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (CON - Life peer) There are not significant numbers of these vehicles circulating. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Climate: Behaviour Change (Environment and Climate Change Committee Report) - Wed 07 Jun 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Baroness Parminter (LDEM - Life peer) Government have taken some important decisions, including phasing out the sale of new petrol and diesel vans - Speech Link
2: Lord Lilley (CON - Life peer) vehicles or heat pumps since, by definition, if they are good replacements for the present fossil-fuelled - Speech Link
3: Lord Browne of Ladyton (LAB - Life peer) I travel less by carbon-fuelled vehicles and more, happily, by public transport, which is electrified - Speech Link
4: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (CON - Life peer) vehicles when, at the same time, we are told that hydrogen is coming on stream? - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Reaching Net Zero: Local Government Role - Mon 05 Jun 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Selaine Saxby (CON - North Devon) I have parish councils that do not believe in electric vehicles and, to be completely frank, that is - Speech Link
2: Janet Daby (LAB - Lewisham East) The Mayor of London has consistently called on the Government to support the switch to cleaner vehicles - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) In Ballymena, Wrightbus runs electric buses and is investigating the potential of hydrogen. - Speech Link
4: Simon Lightwood (LAB - Wakefield) It has invested millions in replacing much of its fleet with electric cars and vans, and work is well - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
HGVs: Charging and Refuelling - Mon 22 May 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (CON - Life peer) discuss with industry stakeholders exactly how they feel the strategy for the rollout of zero-emission vehicles - Speech Link
2: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (CON - Life peer) For some vehicles, battery electric will be the best option, but for others we expect hydrogen fuel cells - Speech Link
3: Baroness Walmsley (LDEM - Life peer) so that large and small commercial vans are deterred from using the often scarce recharging facilities - Speech Link
4: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (CON - Life peer) which can be used by commercial vehicles as well. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Finance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)
Committee stage: 4th sitting - Thu 18 May 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Gareth Davies (CON - Grantham and Stamford) The reforms are a further step towards reflecting the environmental performance of heavy goods vehicles - Speech Link
2: Douglas Chapman (SNP - Dunfermline and West Fife) Just today, Jaguar Land Rover described the Brexit deal as “unrealistic and counterproductive” for electric - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
UK Car Industry - Wed 17 May 2023
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Jonathan Reynolds (LAB - Stalybridge and Hyde) We will part-finance those eight gigafactories, create 80,000 jobs and power 2 million electric vehicles - Speech Link
2: Nusrat Ghani (CON - Wealden) electric vans from 2023. - Speech Link
3: Nusrat Ghani (CON - Wealden) There is a huge commitment to delivering electric vehicles, but there are also challenges if we want - Speech Link
4: Nusrat Ghani (CON - Wealden) Bentley announced £2.5 billion of investment in 2022 to produce its first battery-electric vehicles by - Speech Link
5: Nia Griffith (LAB - Llanelli) The transition to electric vehicles means not only new battery and engine factories, but significant - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure - Tue 07 Mar 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Stephen Hammond (CON - Wimbledon) levels of electric vehicles, which were greater two years ago than they are now, means that although - Speech Link
2: Dan Poulter (CON - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich) On rural charging for electric vehicles, it strikes me that in very rural areas, such as many parts of - Speech Link
3: Jesse Norman (CON - Hereford and South Herefordshire) We are committed to phasing out the sale of all new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030, and to ensuring - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Decarbonising Rural Transport - Tue 07 Mar 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Selaine Saxby (CON - North Devon) If we want to achieve net zero by 2050, we need to reduce emissions from our cars, vans and lorries, - Speech Link
2: Selaine Saxby (CON - North Devon) I have a hybrid, as the majority of electric vehicles would not get me to Westminster each week, and - Speech Link
3: Margaret Ferrier (IND - Rutherglen and Hamilton West) Transitioning the country from petrol to electric vehicles requires extensive work that needs to be done - Speech Link
4: Simon Lightwood (LAB - Wakefield) We have some good momentum as we transfer away from petrol and diesel cars to electric vehicles. - Speech Link
5: Jonathan Edwards (IND - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr) As we make the transition towards electric vehicles and electric heating, there is a big issue about - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Electric Vehicles: Infrastructure - Wed 22 Feb 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Steve Brine (CON - Winchester) Are we really ready to fully transition to electric vehicles? - Speech Link
2: Steve Brine (CON - Winchester) , it would equate to an 80% uptake for cars and a 52% uptake for vans; and both cars and vans would reach - Speech Link
3: Steve Brine (CON - Winchester) I will raise some more concerns about the availability of electric vehicles. - Speech Link
4: Justin Madders (LAB - Ellesmere Port and Neston) Brand new electric vehicles are far more expensive than traditional vehicles and, although they are becoming - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Independent Review of Net Zero - Thu 09 Feb 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Ruth Cadbury (LAB - Brentford and Isleworth) know from listening to my constituents that they want to see action on the climate crisis.Electric vehicles - Speech Link
2: Kerry McCarthy (LAB - Bristol East) We have lost Britishvolt in Blythe, the electric Mini in Oxford and Arrival’s electric vans in Bicester - Speech Link
3: Andrew Bowie (CON - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) Majesty’s Government have committed more than £2 billion to support the transition to zero-emission vehicles - Speech Link