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To: Liz Truss, Minister of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
VW Emissions Scandal
The Volkswagen Emissions scandal means that we have had tens of thousands of cars on the UK's roads emitting far higher levels of harmful gases in to the atmosphere than believed. This has obviously contributed to pollution levels which are already at dangerous levels in some of our Cities.
Volkswagen is an extremely profitable multi billion pound Company and the only thing that Companies understand is when you hit them in the pocket.
I believe that Volkswagen should be forced to pay the extra road tax duty on all of the vehicles that have been cheating the system and that this should be back dated to when the vehicle first appeared on the road and should continue until such a time that the error is fixed. The extra duty raised should be earmarked by the government to be spent on the environment, particularly flood defences as recent events have shown how vulnerable some parts of the UK are.
The government should also impose additional penalties on Volkswagen per vehicle, on top of the extra duty payable to teach them a lesson too. Volkwagen has already said that it does not intend to sell off any of its brands and that it can financially weather the storm, so it is financially able to pay what it should by excise duty on road tax and the penalties for cheating the system that all other manufacturers have adhered to.
This action is necessary, not only because of the environmental impact on our lives, but commercially it is unfair on the other motor manufacturers who's products have cleaner running engines and who have strived to produce cleaner burning engines in order that its customers can benefit from the lower road tax levy.
Volkswagen is an extremely profitable multi billion pound Company and the only thing that Companies understand is when you hit them in the pocket.
I believe that Volkswagen should be forced to pay the extra road tax duty on all of the vehicles that have been cheating the system and that this should be back dated to when the vehicle first appeared on the road and should continue until such a time that the error is fixed. The extra duty raised should be earmarked by the government to be spent on the environment, particularly flood defences as recent events have shown how vulnerable some parts of the UK are.
The government should also impose additional penalties on Volkswagen per vehicle, on top of the extra duty payable to teach them a lesson too. Volkwagen has already said that it does not intend to sell off any of its brands and that it can financially weather the storm, so it is financially able to pay what it should by excise duty on road tax and the penalties for cheating the system that all other manufacturers have adhered to.
This action is necessary, not only because of the environmental impact on our lives, but commercially it is unfair on the other motor manufacturers who's products have cleaner running engines and who have strived to produce cleaner burning engines in order that its customers can benefit from the lower road tax levy.
Why is this important?
It seems that big business just thinks it can get away with cheating the system. The UK Government introduced the new road tax system to encourage us to drive more efficient and clean engined vehicles. Customers who buy these vehciles do so for many reasons but for a multi national, multi billion pound company to so blatently cheat the system is wrong and they should be penalised sufficiently so that they do not do it again. They are very sorry so they say, so very sorry now that they have been caught cheating.
