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Air Pollution: Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of how well examples of local best practice that exist to enforce existing legislation and regulation to improve local air quality are being rol

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
3 Feb 2026
Target answer date
5 Feb 2026
Answer
9 Feb 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 3 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of how well examples of local best practice that exist to enforce existing legislation and regulation to improve local air quality are being rol

  2. 5 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 9 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    National targets and local actions are aligned through statutory duties that require local authorities to assess air quality, designate Air Quality Management Areas, and produce Air Quality Action Plans tied to national air quality objectives. Local autho...

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