Question follow-through · 110352
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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- Answering body
- 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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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
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
5 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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