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Motor Vehicles: Sales

Commons · Question 73487 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 4 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to defer the ban on the sale of new (a) petrol and (b) diesel vehicles indefinitely; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of such a deferment on UK-based

Answer

Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 4 Sep 2025

The Government has provided crucial certainty to British industry by re-instating the 2030 phase-out date for new cars relying solely on internal combustion engines. We are committing £4.5 billion to support the public and our automakers on the journey to...