Vehicle type approval inquiry

Inquiry by the Transport Committee, 10 November 2015 to 29 November 2016. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

• 3rd Report - Volkswagen emissions scandal and vehicle type approval (15 July 2016)
• 4th Special Report - Volkswagen emissions scandal and vehicle type approval: Government response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2016–17 (17 October 2016)

Evidence sessions

• 14 December 2015: Nick Molden, Chief Executive Officer, Emissions Analytics, James Tate, Institute for Transport Studies, Leeds University, and Greg Archer, Clean Vehicles Manager, Transport and Environment.
• 11 January 2016: David Bizley, Chief Engineer, RAC Motoring Services, Graham Hope, Editor, Auto Express and Carbuyer, and Jim Holder, Editorial Director, What Car?.
• 29 February 2016: Alex Burns, Chief Executive Officer, Tony Soper, Technical Specialist, Homologation, Millbrook, and Dr George Gillespie, Chief Executive Officer, HORIBA MIRA.
• 14 March 2016: Mike Hawes, Chief Executive, Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders; and Antti Peltomäki, Deputy Director-General of the Enterprise and Industry Directorate-General, European Commission (at 4.40pm).
• 25 April 2016: Richard Lloyd, Executive Director, Which?, Christian Twigg-Flesner, Professor of Commercial Law, University of Hull, and Peter Shears, Professor of Consumer Law and Policy, Plymouth University; Paul Higgs, Interim Chief Executive, Vehicle Certification Agency, Robert Goodwill MP, Minister of State, and Ian Yarnold, Head of the International Vehicle Standards Division, Department for Transport (at 4.35pm).