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.
House of Commons
3 October 2019
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The Clean Air (No. 3) Bill would enshrine a right to clean air, set and report on air quality targets, and create a National Clean Air Agency to enforce them. It also promotes sustainable transport across road, rail, air and sea, tightens rules on polluting vehicles in cities, and bans the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030, with rules on indoor air quality.
The bill is currently at the Second Reading in the House of Commons, having had its First Reading in October 2019. If it progresses, it would move on to committee stage and further readings.
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