Volkswagen: Emissions

Lord Anderson of Swansea Excerpts

Tuesday 19th January 2016 Lords Chamber

[Viscount Younger of Leckie]

I am very aware of that point. We are trying to establish why the US has done this, but it does have a different emissions regime, and there are fewer Volkswagen cars in the US. We are trying to get to the bottom of that.

[Lord Anderson of Swansea (Lab)]

My Lords, individual motorists cannot be expected to pick up the legal costs for any action against a firm the size of Volkswagen. Who will act as plaintiff and who will support the plaintiffs—the motorists—financially?

[Viscount Younger of Leckie]

The first thing is to establish exactly what the losses are, which could include a range of things. Hopefully, by February—next month—we will know what the situation is in terms of Volkswagen’s statement.