Petition Incentivise the switch from diesel to electric & low emission petrol vehicles.

Diesel vehicles cause thousands of deaths per year and unnecessarily put huge pressure on the health service. An incentivised scrap & switch scheme for diesel vehicles is the only way the government can ensure pollution is reduced and diesel cars are taken off the road.

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"UK air pollution 'linked to 40,000 early deaths a year'" - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35629034

"Diesel cars should be phased out to stop pollution deaths, says Chief Medical Officer " - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/30/diesel-cars-should-phased-stop-pollution-deaths-says-chief-medical/

"Five facts about diesel the car industry would rather not tell you" - https://www.transportenvironment.org/sites/te/files/publications/2015_09_Five_facts_about_diesel_FINAL.pdf

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Date closed 3 May 2017
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