§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what plans his Department has to give consumers information 55W relating to the (a) fuel consumption and (b) carbon dioxide emissions of new cars in a form which (i) makes possible comparisons with cars of a similar size and (ii) is based on the colour-coded appliance energy label scheme. [29585]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe Department will shortly be consulting on future developments of the EU scheme under which information on fuel consumption and CO22 emissions is required to be displayed on labels on new passenger cars offered for sale. The consultation will focus in particular on options for banded labelling. We expect that this will result in a pilot scheme of banded label and/or focus group studies of the preferred options. We will draw on our experience of this, and of ongoing research when negotiating in the EU on development of the labelling scheme.