Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 100378

Roads: Nitrous Oxide

Tabled: 16 December 2025
Answered: 5 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Gareth Snell

Labour (Co-op)Stoke-on-Trent Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the time taken for her Department to make a decision on Stoke-on-Trent's proposal to reduce Nitrous Oxide levels at the A500/Etruria R

Answer

Emma Hardy
The proposals by Stoke-on-Trent need careful consideration in order to understand how they support the requirement to achieve compliance with legal nitrogen dioxide limits in the shortest possible time.