Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 13 Mar 2019
UK’s Withdrawal from the European Union
"Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. I want to echo what my right hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton South East (Mr McFadden) has just said. Members across the House heard the Prime Minister say unconditionally that these days would be about a vote on whether we would …..."Ed Miliband - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 1st November 2018
Asked by:
Ed Miliband (Labour - Doncaster North)
Question
to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of excess deaths in England caused by air pollution.
Answered by Baroness Coffey
The Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollution, published a report in August 2018 (Associations of long-term average concentrations of nitrogen dioxide with mortality), stating:
“[…] the range of central estimates of the mortality burden of long-term exposure to the air pollution mixture in 2013 in the UK was an effect equivalent to 28,000 to 36,000 deaths at typical ages, associated with a loss of 328,000 – 416,000 life years […]”
The statistics used are not cited as the specific cause of death of any individual, but reflect an equivalency which is used to assess the different impacts of factors contributing to death.
The Committee has not attributed specific morbidity to schools or children in this report, rather to the whole population.
The report can be seen here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/734799/COMEAP_NO2_Report.pdf
Air quality is the biggest environmental threat to public health, and so this Government has put in place a £3.5 billion plan to clean up our air. The Department also published our draft Clean Air Strategy for consultation this May, setting out our ambition for cleaner air for all. We will publish the final Strategy later this year.
The Department is also shortly bringing forward a new Environment Bill, which will include strong measures to improve the air we all breathe.
Written Question
Thursday 1st November 2018
Asked by:
Ed Miliband (Labour - Doncaster North)
Question
to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the contribution of air pollution in schools to the overall number of excess deaths due to air pollution in England.
Answered by Baroness Coffey
The Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollution, published a report in August 2018 (Associations of long-term average concentrations of nitrogen dioxide with mortality), stating:
“[…] the range of central estimates of the mortality burden of long-term exposure to the air pollution mixture in 2013 in the UK was an effect equivalent to 28,000 to 36,000 deaths at typical ages, associated with a loss of 328,000 – 416,000 life years […]”
The statistics used are not cited as the specific cause of death of any individual, but reflect an equivalency which is used to assess the different impacts of factors contributing to death.
The Committee has not attributed specific morbidity to schools or children in this report, rather to the whole population.
The report can be seen here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/734799/COMEAP_NO2_Report.pdf
Air quality is the biggest environmental threat to public health, and so this Government has put in place a £3.5 billion plan to clean up our air. The Department also published our draft Clean Air Strategy for consultation this May, setting out our ambition for cleaner air for all. We will publish the final Strategy later this year.
The Department is also shortly bringing forward a new Environment Bill, which will include strong measures to improve the air we all breathe.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Dec 2015
Climate Change and Flooding
"It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Beverley and Holderness (Graham Stuart), who plays a very important role in the GLOBE organisation of parliamentarians. This debate comes at a timely moment after the Paris agreement, and after the tragedy of the floods that we have seen. I …..."Ed Miliband - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Dec 2015
Climate Change and Flooding
"When we were in government, I played one part in the rather unhappy saga that is Heathrow. In response to the demand that we should approve Heathrow, I pushed for a separate target for aviation emissions. Of course that must also be looked at as part of the 1.5° target. …..."Ed Miliband - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Dec 2015
Climate Change and Flooding
"The hon. Gentleman makes an eloquent point. Every extra ounce of uncertainty raises the cost of capital. He and I have discussed that many times and that is what business people are saying, because they want that certainty. They are asking, “What are we working towards?” That is why all …..."Ed Miliband - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Dec 2015
Climate Change and Flooding
"I am sceptical that it is the solution, because we have to get to zero carbon. It is true that replacing coal with gas has helped us reduce emissions. One of the reasons that our emissions have fallen as they have is the replacement of coal with gas, and I …..."Ed Miliband - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Dec 2015
Climate Change and Flooding
"Certainly. While we are on the subject of sorry sagas, I am afraid that one of the other sorry sagas is the CCS competition, which is a recipe for how not to make policy. It was started, believe it or not, nearly 10 years ago by the Labour Government. I …..."Ed Miliband - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Dec 2015
Climate Change and Flooding
"I am not saying it is glorious from anyone’s point of view. What I put in place was a mechanism to provide four projects. At the time, the Conservative Opposition said, as Oppositions do, that four was not enough and that there should have been six. Then they cancelled the …..."Ed Miliband - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Dec 2015
Climate Change and Flooding
"My hon. Friend is making a powerful speech. She deserves more time to make it, so I thought I would intervene on her...."Ed Miliband - View Speech
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