A Bill to promote the protection of the environment near airports; to establish a body to monitor the enviromental impact of airports and to report levels of pollution; to confer certain powers on that body; and for connected purposes
Environmental Protection (Airports) BillThe aim of this Bill is to promote the protection of the environment near airports. It would establish the Airport Environment Watchdog, which would have powers to:monitor the environmental impact of airports and to report levels of pollution recommend courses of action to individual airports impose fines if recommendations were unreasonably ignored.
House of Commons
30 October 2008
This bill would establish the Airport Environment Watchdog to monitor the environmental impact of airports, report pollution levels, and recommend actions to individual airports. If airports do not follow reasonable recommendations, the watchdog could impose fines. The overall aim is to protect the environment near airports.
The bill is currently at the second reading in the House of Commons, an early stage in its passage through Parliament and still to go through further stages such as committee scrutiny and votes.
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No recorded votes for this bill yet.
