Zero emission vehicles and road pricing

Transport Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 18 Dec 2020 Closed: 14 Nov 2022 Parliament page
This inquiry will consider the implications of accelerating the shift to zero emission vehicles and the potential for introducing road pricing, or pay-as-you-drive, schemes. The Transport Committee was one of the six commissioning committees behind the first UK-wide Climate Assembly, which published its report in September 2020. The Assembly put … Read more
14 Recommendations
4 Conclusions
1 Report
3 Oral sessions
2 Letters
3 Events
Activity timeline 7 events
25 Oct
2021
Report published
28 Jul
2021
Report published
13 Jul
2021
Correspondence
13 Jul
2021
Correspondence
23 Jun
2021
Oral evidence
9 Jun
2021
Oral evidence
28 Apr
2021
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 3 sessions
23 Jun 2021
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Rachel Maclean MP · Department for Transport Richard Bruce · Department for Transport
9 Jun 2021
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Andrew Hickford · Leeds City Council Graeme Cooper · National Grid Lucy Hayward-Speight · Transport for London Mr Peter Molyneux · Transport for the North Roger Hunter · Shell UK Tanya Sinclair · Chargepoint
28 Apr 2021
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Caterina Brandmayr · Green Alliance Ed Birkett · Policy Exchange Edward Leigh · Smarter Cambridge Transport Mr Eamonn Ives · Centre for Policy Studies Ms Claire Haigh · Greener Transport Solutions Professor Philip Booth · Institute of Economic Affairs Sarah Owen-Vandersluis · KPMG
Title HC No. Published Items Response
First Report - Zero emission vehicles HC 27 28 Jul 2021 18 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
Clear
15 Conclusion Acknowledged
First Report - Zero emission vehic…
People who rely on public charging infrastructure should get value for money and should not...
People who rely on public charging infrastructure should get value for money and should not be disadvantaged by unfair pricing mechanisms.
Government Response
The government partially accepts, acknowledging the price difference between home and public charging and agreeing that EV drivers should have access to fairly priced and accessible charging. However, the truncated response does not detail specific actions to address unfair pricing mechanisms beyond mentioning competition.
Department for Transport
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Government Response AI assessment · 18 of 14 classified
Accepted 7
Accepted in Part 9
Acknowledged 1
Deferred 1
Total 14 recs + 4 conclusions
Correspondence 2 letters
13 Jul 2021 Correspondence from Rachel Maclean MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Transport, relating to Zero emission vehicles and road pricing, dated 6 July 2021
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13 Jul 2021 Correspondence from Rachel Maclean MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Transport, relating to Zero emission vehicles and road pricing, dated 2 July 2021
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