Correspondence Apr. 24 2024
Committee: Welsh Affairs Committee (Department: Wales Office)Found: Correspondence between the Chair and the Welsh Automotive Forum Correspondence
Apr. 23 2024
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Apr. 17 2024
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 11 March 2024 to 3 April 2024Found: carried out on a temporary basis in the UK; or (b)in relation to passengers either: i. national road
Asked by: Simpson, Graham (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - Central Scotland)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to work with the UK Government to co-develop "appropriate regulatory strategies for enabling operators to switch to zero-emission options", in light of the Climate Change Committee’s recommendation in its 2023 Report to Parliament.
Answered by Hyslop, Fiona - Minister for Transport
The Scottish Government, working alongside the UK Government and the other devolved administrations, introduced the Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes at the start of 2024. These schemes put legal obligations on car and van manufacturers to sell new zero emissions vehicles each year, ramping up to 80% of all new cars sold, and 70% of new vans, being zero emissions by 2030. At the same time, the schemes encourage car and van manufacturers to drive down the emissions of their new non-zero emissions car and van vehicles.
As set out in the Climate Change Committee’s 2023 report to parliament, decarbonisation of heavy-duty vehicle fleets in Scotland will depend on UK-wide markets. The Scottish Government continues to engage with its UK counterparts on regulatory approaches to the phase out dates for petrol and diesel heavy duty vehicles through the Inter-Ministerial Group on transport and associated official-level, UK-wide working groups that have recently been established on freight decarbonisation. The Scottish Government also participates in the UK Freight Energy Forum, which involves fleet operators, energy network operators and others on decarbonisation of the sector.
In 2022 the Scottish Government established the Zero Emission Truck Taskforce, which brought together key representatives from the logistics, manufacturing, energy and finance sectors to shape the pathway to the decarbonisation of Scotland’s road freight and logistics sector. The taskforce produced a Heavy Goods Vehicle Decarbonisation Pathway for Scotland, published on 19 March 2024 and is available on Transport Scotland’s website. That pathway and the evidence that supported it has been shared with counterparts in the UK Government to inform the regulatory options relating to zero emission heavy duty vehicles.
Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024
Committee: Transport Committee (Department: Department for Transport)Found: could further encourage them to make a modal shift of freight from road to rail if they can see
Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024
Committee: Transport Committee (Department: Department for Transport)Found: Today, PACTS is the only NGO which: addresses transport safety (road, rail and air) across the UK
Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024
Committee: Transport Committee (Department: Department for Transport)Found: RRB0061 - Scrutiny of the draft Rail Reform Bill The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (
Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024
Committee: Transport Committee (Department: Department for Transport)Found: I am passionate about helping those in the transport and logistics sector have clear strategy and
Apr. 16 2024
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