FEEBATE SCHEME

Early day motion 567, tabled 15 October 2012 by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Conservative). Signed by 26 members.

That this House supports the introduction of a feebate scheme to provide a partial refund to new car buyers for purchasing low-emission cars funded by taxes on high-emission cars in the same class; believes that such a scheme will help improve energy security, rebalance the economy towards green manufacturing jobs, tackle climate change and enable more people to buy cars that cost less to run; welcomes the report by the Campaign for Better Transport, A Feebate Scheme for the UK; and calls on the Government to bring in a non-retrospective feebate scheme as part of its review of vehicle excise duty announced in Budget 2012.

Signatures by party: Labour 10, Liberal Democrat 6, DUP 3, Conservative 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Alliance 1, Green 1, Respect 1.