Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Jeff Smith and Theresa Villiers

Thursday 25th July 2019 Commons Chamber

[Theresa Villiers]

I look forward to working with the shadow Front Benchers on these issues. We have gone further and faster than the previous Labour Government with radical changes, including the plastic bag tax and our plans to ban plastic stirrers and other plastic products. We are a world-leading country on this issue, and we will continue to be so because we are determined to tackle the problem.

[Jeff Smith (Manchester, Withington) (Lab)]

4. What assessment the Government have made of the adequacy of funding allocated to support local authority implementation of air pollution reduction plans.