A Bill to establish the right to breathe clean air; to require the Secretary of State to achieve and maintain clean air in England; to make provision about environmental targets and minimum standards in relation to clean air; to make provision about the powers, duties and functions of public bodies in England in relation to air pollution; to give the Office for Environmental Protection additional powers and duties related to clean air; to require the Secretary of State to comply with the United Nations Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution; to require the Secretary of State and public authorities to apply specified environmental principles in carrying out their duties under this Act; and for connected purposes.
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The Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill would give people in England a right to clean air and require the government to achieve and maintain clean air nationwide. It would set binding air-quality targets and minimum standards, and place duties on the Secretary of State and public authorities to reduce pollution. It also strengthens the powers of the Office for Environmental Protection on air quality, requires alignment with the UN Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Convention, and mandates applying specified environmental principles in how duties are carried out.
The bill is at Second Reading in the Commons after its First Reading on 1 July 2025. It has not yet moved to the Lords.
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1 Jul 2025
The 2024-2026 session of Parliament has come to an end so the House of Commons is now prorogued until the next session begins on 13 May 2026. Prorogation is the formal end to the parliamentary year.
This Bill will therefore make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
