Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 16 June 2015 to Question 2203, whether it remains his Department’s position that there will be no requirement to fit artificial sound devices on electric and hybrid-electric buses prior to July 2019.

The Department’s position is to follow the timetable for introduction of the requirement to fit these devices agreed across Europe. Manufacturers of electric and hybrid-electric buses, and those who procure such vehicles, may choose to fit an artificial sound generating device provided it complies with relevant legislation.