Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Rebecca Pow and Jeremy Lefroy

Thursday 31st October 2019 Commons Chamber

[Rebecca Pow]

Air quality targets are included in the Bill, but we already have an ambition in the clear air strategy. Reaching the target for particulate matter 2.5 is an absolute priority, but the actual target will be set in secondary legislation after expert advice has been taken on exactly how to do that. I met one of the heads of the WHO just last week, and she agreed that that is the right way of doing things, because this is tricky, and we must get it right.

[Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford) (Con)]

4. What steps she is taking to tackle plastic pollution.