Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 82634

Energy: Pollution Control

Tabled: 15 October 2025

Answered: 21 October 2025

Question

Mr Angus MacDonald

Liberal Democrat — Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to reduce (a) sulphur dioxide and (b) nitrogen oxide emissions from power generation.

Answer

Emma Hardy

Regulation of emissions of pollutants such as sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides is a devolved matter and the information provided relates to England only. A regulatory framework, the Environmental Permitting Regulations (England and Wales) 2016, control...

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