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Driverless Vehicles

Commons · Question 12035 · Tabled 22 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 25 Jun 2026

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Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the regulatory regime for autonomous vehicles is supported by testing, validation and assurance frameworks that are sufficiently flexible to accommodate rapid

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 25 Jun 2026

The UK is taking a leading role at the United Nations Commission for Europe (UNECE) in the development of international vehicle regulations on automated vehicles. The Department for Transport co-chairs the Informal Working Group which is developing an int...