Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee’s Electric Vehicles inquiry: Government response

The Government have responded to the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee's Electric Vehicles inquiry.

The link to the response is below, along with a quote from Baroness Parminter who chaired the inquiry.

Government response:

committees.parliament.uk/publications/44339/documents/220433/default/

Baroness Parminter, Chair of the inquiry said;

“Whilst we welcome the Government's acceptance of some of the recommendations in our report, it is particularly disappointing that it is not committing to incentivising the purchase of more EVs, equalizing the VAT differential between public and domestic charging, or addressing our concerns about barriers to charging in multi-occupancy buildings.

If implemented, these recommendations would help people to adopt EVs and ensure a smoother journey towards net zero.  Peers will keep urging the Government to do more, as otherwise the EV revolution is a non-starter.”