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Clean Air (No. 3) Bill
A Bill to establish a right to breathe clean air; to make provision about reducing air pollution; to require the Secretary of State to set, measure, and report on air quality targets; to establish the National Clean Air Agency to enforce air quality targets; to make provision for the development of sustainable public, private and commercial transport by road, rail, air and sea; to restrict the use of polluting vehicles in urban areas; to prohibit the sale of new petrol- and diesel-powered vehicles from no later than 2030; to make it an offence to remove permanently devices that reduce vehicle emissions; to make requirements regarding indoor air quality; and for connected purposes.
The story so farThe Clean Air (No. 3) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 2 October 2019 by Geraint Davies (Labour). It is now at second reading in the House of Commons. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.
Progress through Parliament
- 1st reading Commons 2 Oct 2019
- 2nd reading Commons Current
Source: the official bill page. Last updated 3 Oct 2019.