| Heading: |
Air Pollution |
| Question ID: |
1816559 |
| UIN: |
62834 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-25 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5202 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Jessica Toale
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| Asking Member handle: |
JessicaToale
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@JessicaToale
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of poor air quality on marginalised communities. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-02 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4645 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Emma Hardy
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Emma Hardy
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| Answer text: |
This is an issue that Defra takes seriously, which is why we commissioned our independent Air Quality Expert Group (AQEG) to examine the evidence on air pollution disparities across different communities and regions in the UK. Their report demonstrates sp... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |