Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 47332

Quarrying: Air Pollution

Tabled: 23 April 2025
Answered: 30 April 2025
Named Day

Question

Alicia Kearns

ConservativeRutland and Stamford

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will consider reforming the monitoring system for PM10 emissions from quarries; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of doing so on public health.

Answer

Emma Hardy
Particulate matter emissions from quarries are regulated under the Environmental Permitting Regulations (England and Wales) 2016, including through emission limits and monitoring requirements on total particulate matter. We will keep standards for PM10 em...

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