Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 110346

Air Pollution

Tabled: 3 February 2026

Answered: 9 February 2026

Question

Tim Farron

Liberal Democrat — Westmorland and Lonsdale

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what evidence exists of the direct and indirect impact of air pollution on (a) crop yields, (b) biodiversity, (c) pollinator, (d) rain, (e) stratospheric ozone, (f) water quality and (

Answer

Emma Hardy

Evidence is set out in the recent house of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee’s Nitrogen report: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ldselect/ldenvcl/161/16102.htmand and the Critical loads expert report Air_Pollution_Trends_Report_2...

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