Mentions:
1: Lord Moylan (Con - Life peer) For a small country, it produces an awful lot of food and a lot of pollution from that runs off into - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) The level of pollution in our rivers means that that is just not available at the moment; you cannot - Speech Link
3: Earl of Lytton (XB - Excepted Hereditary) Communications, energy supply and distribution, waste and critical social infrastructure sit alongside air - Speech Link
4: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) grey-belt housebuilding, to deliver affordable homes, to boost infrastructure and public services such as schools - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Ben Everitt (Con - Milton Keynes North) He gave an excellent speech, and I must say that there is a certain air of a Victorian zookeeper about - Speech Link
2: Peter Gibson (Con - Darlington) I wonder if he knows how many of his constituents visit London zoo, and whether schools in Milton Keynes - Speech Link
3: Ben Everitt (Con - Milton Keynes North) The short answer is no, so there is a huge opportunity for me to investigate whether schools in Milton - Speech Link
4: Julia Lopez (Con - Hornchurch and Upminster) zoo each year, learning about wildlife conservation and the effects of climate change and plastics pollution - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Crisp (XB - Life peer) The focus should be not just on dealing with the problems—by tackling such things as air pollution—but - Speech Link
2: Lord Bethell (Con - Excepted Hereditary) That includes the underlying environment in which they live—the dirty air, the mouldy homes and online - Speech Link
3: Baroness Ramsey of Wall Heath (Lab - Life peer) possible, and taxpayers’ money is spent well, when the NHS, local government, housing associations and schools - Speech Link
4: Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen (Non-affiliated - Life peer) If this healthcare can be provided in the community in family hubs, schools, the workplace, medical centres - Speech Link
Apr. 17 2024
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 11 March 2024 to 3 April 2024Found: , foundation schools, voluntary aided schools, voluntary controlled schools, community special schools
Mentions:
1: Lord Hain (Lab - Life peer) For individual farmers and their communities, this pollution and its long-term impacts could be devastating - Speech Link
2: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) investment decisions about companies or products that are destroying the natural environment, including pollution - Speech Link
Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024
Inquiry: High streets in towns and small citiesFound: Pollution, poor air quality, and a slowing decline in footfall have all increased.This has occurred
Apr. 16 2024
Source Page: UK Government to tackle global financial corruptionFound: parties in capital cities around the world, the world’s cosmopolitan elite compare notes on the best schools
Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will update guidance for schools on mitigating poor air quality.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
The department takes the health, safety and wellbeing of school users very seriously. ‘Building Bulletin 101’, published by the department, provides non-statutory guidance on ventilation, thermal comfort and indoor air quality in schools. This is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-bulletin-101-ventilation-for-school-buildings.
Further guidance on ventilation is included in the ‘Good Estate Management for Schools’ guidance, which is available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/good-estate-management-for-schools/health-and-safety. The department has also produced operational guidance on using CO2 monitors and managing ventilation, which is available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/using-co-monitors-and-air-cleaning-units-in-education-and-care-settings.
The department regularly reviews its guidance to ensure that it aligns with best practice and industry standards, to deliver high-quality school environments.
Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve air quality around schools.
Answered by Robbie Moore - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Government provides support to local authorities to deliver School Streets and funds a range of school interventions including the Walk to School Outreach Programme, which give children and their families safe active travel choices and reduce congestion around schools.
To tackle air pollution around schools, local councils have powers to issue Fixed Penalty Notices for vehicle idling.
Asked by: Golden, Maurice (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - North East Scotland)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what material support it plans to provide towards a pilot scheme proposed by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh to establish air quality monitors in select schools in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Perth.
Answered by McAllan, Màiri - Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Net Zero and Just Transition
The Scottish Government recognises the importance of effective and comprehensive air quality monitoring. Although there are no specific plans to provide material support for this project, we welcome research which contributes to the evidence base around the health impacts of poor air quality.
All air quality objectives at each site in the Scottish automatic monitoring network are currently being achieved, and we are continuing efforts to further reduce air pollution through a comprehensive range of actions set out in our Cleaner Air for Scotland 2 strategy, including the introduction of Low Emission Zones in our four biggest cities.