A Bill to make provision for the display of climate change information in motor vehicle advertising and registration documents
The Bill would secure the provision of information about motor vehicle emissions and the link between such emissions and climate change on any printed advertisement about a given vehicle and in any audio-visual advertisement about the same. It would also set minimum standards for the amount of space or time to be devoted to this issue in each advertisement and make it an offence to breach those provisions.
House of Commons
20 October 2009
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This bill would require information about vehicle emissions and how they relate to climate change to be shown in all motor vehicle advertisements (both printed and audiovisual) and in vehicle registration documents. It also sets minimum space or airtime for this information in each advert and makes breaches of the rules an offence.
The bill is currently at the 2nd Reading stage in the House of Commons. It originated in the Commons, with the first reading in June 2009; no further progress is recorded in the provided details.
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18 Jun 2009
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 18 June. This is known as First Reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
This Bill was on the Order Paper for a Second Reading on 26 June before being dropped by its sponsor, Colin Challen.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
