Electric Vehicles: Transition

Baroness Kramer Excerpts

Wednesday 11th February 2026 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab)]

I do not have those statistics to hand, but I will do my very best to get them to the noble Lord.

[Baroness Kramer (LD)]

My Lords, where do the Government now stand on cutting VAT on public charging of EVs from 20% to 5% to match home charging? Are we at risk of the costs of operating an EV making it an unviable choice for anyone without a driveway?

[Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab)]

It is important to recognise that any decisions about VAT on all these measures will be a matter for the Treasury, which will, obviously, be looking at all the impacts of any policy change as we go forward.