Air Quality: London

Lord Dykes Excerpts

Tuesday 24th March 2015 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Garden of Frognal]

The sum of £2 billion is predominantly for London because I am answering questions on London and the mayor of London’s programme. Defra has an air quality grant programme of £1 million and there are various other programmes. In this context, however, we are talking about what is being done to improve London’s air.

[Lord Dykes (LD)]

Can the Minister say whether we have any way of measuring the pollution produced by construction and building sites in and around London, of which there is now a larger number than we have seen for many years?

[Baroness Garden of Frognal]

Construction would be a contributory factor, but it is up to local government to take note of the pollution that is being caused by building sites in their areas.