Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what further measures they plan to take to encourage the take-up of electric or hybrid vehicles and to deter the use of petrol and diesel powered vehicles.

The UK package of support for the uptake and manufacture of ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs) is already one of the most comprehensive in the world. This Government is investing over £600 million this Parliament, including a tax regime favourable towards less polluting vehicles, to ensure that almost all cars and vans are zero emission vehicles by 2050. We expect to make further announcements on this agenda in due course.