Ms Verona Murphy:

From a Euro 6 standard vehicle, virtually none are produced. We are asking the Government to recalibrate the fuel rebate scheme to allow us all to come to the standard of Euro 6. There has to be an incentive as there is not an alternative. We need to build the fleet just as Transport for London did; its new fleet of buses all meet the Euro 6 standard. They have virtually cured the problem, particularly in the public transport sector of the London area. We aspire to everyone evolving to meet the Euro 6 standard but it is not possible in the current environment. Our transport costs are too great at the moment without equalisation and with equalisation, it will make it even worse and will slow down the process even further.