Lord Tebbit
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Viscount Younger of Leckie
My Lords, as your Lordships might expect me to say, this involves a complicated device. One of the reasons for the delay, according to Volkswagen, is that it is trying to get to the bottom of the device that it fitted and is now looking to fix. It wants to make sure that the solution does not impact on vehicle performance, fuel consumption or driveability.
Lord Tebbit (Con)
My Lords, is it possible that the Americans have been able to take action because they are not subject to European Community law?
Viscount Younger of Leckie
My Lords, as I say, we are looking to get to the bottom of the decision in the US.