Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 41410

Air Pollution

Tabled: 26 March 2025
Answered: 1 April 2025

Question

Tim Farron

Liberal DemocratWestmorland and Lonsdale

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of (a) limit values, (b) objectives and (c) targets to control concentrations of pollutants in ambient air in England.

Answer

Emma Hardy
Limit values, national objectives and long-term targets complement each other and are all recognised as necessary in delivering cleaner air.