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Electric Vehicles: Secondhand Goods

Commons · Question 82803 · Tabled 16 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 24 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will bring forward legislative proposals mandating that second hand electric vehicles are sold with (a) conformity and (b) battery health check certificates.

Answer

Answered by Keir Mather, 24 Oct 2025

The Government currently has no plans to mandate that second hand vehicles are sold with certificates of conformity or battery health certificates. Manufacturers are currently required to issue a certificate of conformity with each new vehicle. A vehicle ...