Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2023 to Question 369 on Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the creation of a UK vehicle category on the (a) attractiveness for investment of the UK market, (b) availability of L-category vehicles to consumers and (c) role for L-Category vehicles as set out in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan.

Vehicle categorisation is very important to enable effective regulation and enable investment planning by industry. The current, temporary, type-approval scheme for these L-category vehicles ends on 31^st December 2027 and the Government expects to have a full GB approval scheme in place before then. We will consult stakeholders as part of this process and consider any evidence on the potential for additional categories.