{"id":290310,"date":"2023-12-07T10:55:35","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T09:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=290310"},"modified":"2023-12-07T10:55:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T09:55:38","slug":"rishi-sunak-suffers-large-rebellion-against-the-zero-emission-vehicle-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=290310","title":{"rendered":"Rishi Sunak suffers large rebellion against the Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Zero Emission Vehicle mandate \u2018likely to cause enormous harm\u2019 to companies and consumers, warns letter from MPs and peers<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Net Zero Watch<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

London, 5 December \u2013 In a vote late on Monday night, 38 MPs voted against the legislation bringing in the Government\u2019s Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate. The legislation enforces an 80% target for electric vehicles as a percentage of new car sales by 2030. With 28 Conservative MPs (including tellers) voting against, it is the biggest Tory revolt of Rishi Sunak\u2019s premiership, surpassing the total that voted against the Government on the Windsor Framework.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rebellion comes after the Net Zero Scrutiny Group wrote to the Prime Minister<\/a> on Saturday saying: \u201cIf the cost of buying and running an EV will become cheaper than petrol and diesel cars, mandating them with this law is unnecessary. This law is anti-consumer, anti-choice and anti-motorist, and will only leave the public poorer. Car-ownership could once again be restricted to the privileged few.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The size of the rebellion is significant because it was enough to overturn the Tories\u2019 Commons majority, meaning Sunak knows he is now more vulnerable in parliament. Greg Smith, chair of Conservative Way Forward and a member of the Net Zero Scrutiny Group, said: \u201cWe reached the magic number \u2014 enough to wipe out the government\u2019s working majority if Labour hadn\u2019t supported them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Craig Mackinlay MP<\/strong>, chairman of the Net Zero Scrutiny Group, said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe all heard the Prime Minister pledge a more proportionate and pragmatic approach to Net Zero, but this pledge has not been met with action. I am disappointed that this legislation has been forced through using a statutory instrument \u2013 avoiding the kind of scrutiny that Rishi himself called for.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNevertheless, I am pleased that so many of my colleagues chose to rebel on this important issue. We will not stop our campaign against draconian Net Zero legislation and will continue to promote a better way that protects people\u2019s freedoms and does not leave them poorer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dame Andrea Jenkyns MP<\/strong>, who is a Board member of Net Zero Watch, said in a video<\/a> to her supporters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo me, it\u2019s actions not words. Those MPs who say that they want to stop Net Zero \u2013 which is certainly affecting constituents in their pockets \u2013 should have voted against this measure this evening.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I have voted against gov on the Net Zero mandate; which aims to tell people which cars they can & can't buy! This went through on Labour votes. We need to protect freedom of choice which is at the heart of why I am a Conservative.
381 Ayes 37 Noes Actions speak louder than words pic.twitter.com\/FFurK3TDx4<\/a><\/p>— Andrea Jenkyns MP \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 (@andreajenkyns) December 4, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>