A question on #MotorVehicles #ExciseDuties tabled by Mary Kelly Foy on 02-04-2025 has been answered by James Murray.

Heading: Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
Question ID: 1791557
UIN: 43515
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-04-02
Asking Member ID: 4753
Asking Member display name: Mary Kelly Foy
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Mary Kelly Foy
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of reviewing (a) car and (b) other vehicle taxes to ensure non-emission producing vehicles are not charged higher rates than emission producing vehicle
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Date answered: 2025-04-08
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Answering Member ID: 4797
Answering Member display name: James Murray
Answering Member handle: jamesmurray_ldn
Answering Member Twitter reference: @jamesmurray_ldn
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Answer text: The Government uses the tax system to support a variety of objectives including our legally binding climate targets and the transition to electric vehicles (EVs). From 1 April 2017, a reformed Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) system was introduced for new cars. ...
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Answering body ID: 14
Answering body name: Treasury
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