Oral QuestionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

What steps he is taking to improve air quality after the UK leaves the EU.

Tabled: 19 January 2018Answered: 25 January 2018

Asked by

Nick Smith

LabourBlaenau Gwent and Rhymney

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Answer from Hansard

The Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Stephen Doughty)

The Government are tackling the asylum backlog at record pace so that we can work towards ending the use of hotels and ensure that more of our ODA budget is spent on our development priorities globally. Detailed decisions on how the ODA budget will be allocated are being worked through as part of the ongoing spending review.