§ Ms. HoeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what measures he intends to ta ke to combat air pollution caused by road transport.
§ Mr. ChopeStricter limits on emissions have very recently been agreed by the United Kingdom and its EC partners.
On 26 June the EC Council of Ministers adopted an amending directive 91/441/EEC setting tighter limits on emissions of carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen (NOx) by new cars and light vans. The standards set by the directive will require almost all new petrol-engined cars from the end of 1992 to use three-way catalytic converters and to run on unleaded petrol. Diesel cars and light vans will need to comply with a strict limit on particulates—smoke.