Written Question
Tuesday 18th April 2017
Asked by:
Ian Murray (Labour - Edinburgh South)
Question
to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to introduce a national air quality monitoring system.
Answered by Baroness Coffey
Defra currently supports a network of 270 monitoring sites in the UK, measuring concentrations of 13 pollutants (270 sites active as at 12 December 2016). The Environment Agency manages the UK's national monitoring sites on behalf of Defra and the Devolved Administrations..
Many local authorities also undertake monitoring separately for the purpose of Local Air Quality Management. The majority of local authority monitoring stations are not part of Defra’s national monitoring network as they do not meet the criteria set out in European legislation.
Further information and pollutant monitoring data is available on the UK Air website.
Written Question
Tuesday 18th April 2017
Asked by:
Ian Murray (Labour - Edinburgh South)
Question
to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to consult on its forthcoming air quality strategy.
Answered by Baroness Coffey
The Government will be publishing a revised draft national plan to address nitrogen dioxide concentrations for consultation by 24 April.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 May 2013
Oral Answers to Questions
"16. Happy Thursday, Mr Speaker. Will the Secretary of State reflect on the fact that the British food producers industry makes a significant contribution to the UK economy? What impact would it have on that industry, were the UK to leave the EU?..."Ian Murray - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 07 Mar 2013
Oral Answers to Questions
"12. What recent discussions he has had on the adulteration of food in the UK...."Ian Murray - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 07 Mar 2013
Oral Answers to Questions
"May I draw the House’s attention to a non-declarable interest as a former employee of the Meat Hygiene Service? It costs approximately £170 to test each slaughtered horse for bute, yet the meat is worth only about £300. The industry has talked a lot about full cost recovery, so will …..."Ian Murray - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 26 Feb 2013
Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill [Lords]
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 26 Feb 2013
Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill [Lords]
"We have all been listening carefully to the hon. Gentleman, but I want to make two important points. First, his proposals are not backed by the industry itself. The Food and Drink Federation and the British Brands Group do not support the proposed restrictions in his new clauses. Secondly, although …..."Ian Murray - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 26 Feb 2013
Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill [Lords]
"It is a great pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for South East Cambridgeshire (Sir James Paice). As his contribution shows, we have a cross-party and cross-House consensus on this matter, and we should take it forward.
Amendment 28 provides that when the adjudicator publishes guidance, she must include …..."Ian Murray - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 26 Feb 2013
Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill [Lords]
"Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker.
We know the origins of the code came from the Competition Commission report in 2008; we have already discussed the excessive risks to suppliers, particularly overseas ones. The practices behind that would have had the potential to harm those producers overseas who are the most …..."Ian Murray - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 26 Feb 2013
Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill [Lords]
"I agree 100% with the Minister. We hope that by having the adjudicator reporting annually to the OFT on those issues, steps would be taken before any criminal activity had taken place. That might be dealt with at a much earlier stage in the process, because the adjudicator may come …..."Ian Murray - View Speech
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