Question follow-through · 2668
Air Pollution: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on meeting WHO clean air standards.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 30 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 2 Sept 2024 · 34 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on meeting WHO clean air standards.
2 Sept 2024
Target answer date
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2 Sept 2024
Answer published
Ministers and officials from Defra and the Department of Health and Social Care have regular discussions on a range of issues.The Government is committed to meeting legal targets for air quality, including the targets recently set under the Environment Ac...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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