Environment Protection: EU Law

(asked on 6th December 2023) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 7 November 2022 to Question 60902 on Environment Protection: EU Law, whether she plans to replicate regulations (a) nine and (b) 10 in the National Emission Ceilings Regulations 2018 that were removed by the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023.


Answered by
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Robbie Moore
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 15th December 2023

No. Regulations 9 and 10 of the National Emission Ceilings Regulations concern the National Air Pollution Control Programme (NAPCP). The NAPCP was a bureaucratic process that does nothing to improve the air we breathe. Its content is a duplication of material contained, in a more accessible format, in national policy statements including the EIP for England which sets out our actual delivery plan to improve the air we breathe. When we consulted on the NAPCP of those who expressed an opinion, a majority agreed that the format of the NAPCP could be improved, with a consensus that the format was too lengthy and too technical. With this in mind, we are considering how we can simplify the process to reduce administrative burdens and improve transparency.

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