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Buses and Large Goods Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

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Question for Department for Transport

UIN 82247, tabled on 28 August 2020

Question

Sarah Olney
Liberal Democrat
Richmond Park
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency does not accept reports on excessively smoky vehicles other than lorries and buses.

Answer

Rachel Maclean
Conservative
Redditch
Commons

Answered on

3 September 2020

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has no statutory powers to act on reports of excessively smoky vehicles other than lorries and buses.

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Department for Transport
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