Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received about the burning of smoky fuels in residential properties.

During the last six months, the Secretary of State has received a number of representations about the burning of smoky fuels in residential properties.

These include questions about emissions of smoke from chimneys of residential properties within smoke control areas, statutory nuisance complaints about smoke odours and questions about the health impacts of smoke emissions.