Written questions

Buses: Manufacturing Industries

Lords · Question HL1212 · Tabled 23 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 29 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Lord Bradshaw

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the reply by the Prime Minister on 2 February that "it is really important that we champion the building of buses" (HC Deb col 41), what steps they are taking to increase the manufacture of zero emission buses i

Answer

Answered by Lord Leong, 29 Jun 2026

The Government’s DRIVE35 programme supports the design, development and manufacture of zero emission vehicles, including buses. This will help UK bus manufacturers and suppliers invest in new technologies, scale up their production and strengthen domestic...