Rejected petition No discriminatory taxes/charges on diesel vehicles owned before legislation date

This is to avoid penalising those who bought diesel vehicles in the good faith that they were helping reduce pollution (now known to have been misled) and contributing to the economy.

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Diesel engines were originally encouraged as being less harmful than petrol engines.

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Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

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Date submitted 23 January 2017
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