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Motor Vehicles: Diesel and Petrol

Asked by Perran MoonLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 5 September 2024UIN 3901

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is her policy to ban the sale of new (a) petrol and (b) diesel vehicles from 2030.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

The Government is committed to delivering greener transport by accelerating the transition to electric vehicles. As set out in our manifesto, there will be no sales of new pure combustion engine cars from 2030 under our plans. We will set out more details in due course.

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