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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of adopting the Republic of France’s system of issuing advance public warnings and recommending emission reductions during forecast pollution episodes, including the Ile-de-France ozone warnings of 17 and 18 June 2026.

Defra continuously keeps the way it communicates air quality information under review, including considering international examples.