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Diesel Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

Asked by Helen HayesLabourDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 9 December 2025UIN 95695

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential lessons learned from other countries on tackling historic diesel emissions; and how this informs the UK’s approach to integrating transport-sector emissions into its climate policy framework.

Answered by Michael Shanks

Transport policy, including on diesel vehicle emissions, is led by the Department for Transport (DfT). The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) engages regularly with DfT on climate change mitigation, including consideration of diesel vehicle emissions.

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