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Electric Vehicles: Grants

Asked by Mr Clive BettsLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 22 December 2025UIN 100279

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the compatibility of the government’s new ECG scheme with the principle of market competition.

Answered by Keir Mather

The Electric Car Grant is fully compatible with the principle of market competition.

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