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Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UIN 43844, tabled on 21 July 2016

Question

James Berry
Conservative
Kingston and Surbiton
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government expects to receive the EU Commission's assessment of the UK Air Quality Plan.

Answer

Dr Thérèse Coffey
Conservative
Suffolk Coastal
Commons

Answered on

5 September 2016

The Government submitted a revised air quality plan to the European Commission on 17 December last year. There is no formal timetable under the Air Quality Directive for the Commission to assess the plan. The Government is working with the Commission to ensure compliance with the nitrogen dioxide limits in the Directive in the shortest possible time.

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