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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the new Ecodesign regulations on reducing exceedances of the new World Health Organisation air quality guidelines for fine particulate matter, PM2.5.

Eco-design stoves will be considered as part of the work being undertaken to support the setting of PM _2.5 targets through the Environment Act 2021. Evidence will be published alongside a consultation on proposed targets in early 2022 and further analysis will be undertaken to inform the development of Environmental Improvement Plans once targets are set.