§ 14. Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps he is taking to publicise the environmental benefits of liquid petroleum gas as compared to other forms of fuel for road vehicles.
§ Mr. PeytonNone. Reductions in pollution from vehicles can best be achieved by setting standards which all new vehicles, however fuelled, must meet.
§ 82. Mr. Wilkinsonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what analysis he has sponsored into the effects of liquid petroleum gas injection in diesel engines and the consequent reduction in smoke emission and air pollution.
§ Mr. PeytonNone. New diesel-engined vehicles will be required to comply with the strict smoke emission levels of the British Standard on diesel engines after 1st October this year.