To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of banning (a) some or (b) all wood burning in urban areas on (i) reducing air pollution and (ii) meeting climate change targets.
Answered on
14 December 2021
Defra has no current plans to introduce a ban on wood burning in urban areas. We continue to undertake regular monitoring of emission sources of air pollutants and greenhouse gases to inform future policy.
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