Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Bambos Charalambous and Stephen Morgan

Thursday 28th March 2019 Commons Chamber

[Bambos Charalambous (Enfield, Southgate) (Lab)]

8. What discussions he has had with local authorities on no-idling zones outside schools and hospitals to tackle poor air quality.

[Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South) (Lab)]

9. What discussions he has had with local authorities on no-idling zones outside schools and hospitals to tackle poor air quality.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Dr Thérèse Coffey)]

It is already an offence to leave an engine running unnecessarily when the vehicle is stationary on a public road. Local authorities can issue fixed penalty notices to drivers who leave engines running after being asked to turn them off. Westminster Council is probably the most successful at this, but I encourage local authorities to use their powers so that more people stop idling unnecessarily.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Bambos Charalambous and Stephen Morgan

Monday 11th December 2017 Commons Chamber

[Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South) (Lab)]

3. What recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of capital funding for schools.

[Bambos Charalambous (Enfield, Southgate) (Lab)]

10. What recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of capital funding for schools.