Barry Gardiner MP: speeches

4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026

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  • 2 Jul 2026 · Air Pollution · Hansard source
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    How did I know that my right hon. Friend would be introducing that subject? I excised it from my speech because I knew he would. He is absolutely right, and he will have seen the assessment that came out just 10 days ago, which said everything he and I have been saying about the pollution caused by the third runway expansion at Heathrow. Whatever we think about the economy—as he knows, the assessment was not too hot on that either—it is a disaster for public health. I do not decry the real progress on nitrogen dioxide that has resulted from the ultra low emission zone expansion. What the mayor has done has been really significant; the correlated reduction in admissions to hospital has been huge, and we really welcome that. But air pollution action must be targeted at hotspots. Even if the hotspots dipped below the 40 microgram legal limit, that would still be four times the World Health Organisation guidelines.

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4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026. Existing keyword taxonomy applied to official debate titles and contributions; a contribution may appear in more than one topic and unclassified records are retained.

View as listCommunities and local government: 13Communities and local government13Culture, media and sport: 1Culture, media and sport1Defence and foreign affairs: 6Defence and foreign affairs6Democracy and constitution: 12Democracy and constitution12Economy and business: 27Economy and business27Education and skills: 8Education and skills8Environment and energy: 30Environment and energy30Health and care: 1Health and care1Housing and planning: 3Housing and planning3Immigration and borders: 5Immigration and borders5Justice and policing: 6Justice and policing6Social security and pensions: 2Social security and pensions2Transport: 7Transport7Unclassified: 18Unclassified18
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4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026. Existing keyword taxonomy applied to official debate titles and contributions; a contribution may appear in more than one topic and unclassified records are retained. Published records do not measure effort or effectiveness. Methodology.
Department or topicPublished records
Communities and local government13
Culture, media and sport1
Defence and foreign affairs6
Democracy and constitution12
Economy and business27
Education and skills8
Environment and energy30
Health and care1
Housing and planning3
Immigration and borders5
Justice and policing6
Social security and pensions2
Transport7
Unclassified18

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