Air Quality Debate

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Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

David Nuttall

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SELECT COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Air Quality

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Business of the House
Thursday 3rd November 2016

(7 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Thérèse Coffey Portrait Dr Coffey
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I must be careful when dealing with such issues in Wales as they are the responsibility of the Welsh Assembly Government, but I am sure that officials will have heard what the hon. Gentleman had to say.

David Nuttall Portrait Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con)
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Does my hon. Friend agree that the best way to improve air quality is through innovation and new technology, not through regulation and more taxes?

Thérèse Coffey Portrait Dr Coffey
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My hon. Friend is right that we must pull on a number of levers. We should be proud of the innovations that we have undertaken, particularly in the development of low emission vehicles. However, we must be serious when addressing this issue. We are working up targeted interventions that I genuinely hope will mean that in a few years we will be celebrating the fact that air quality is improving for everyone whom we represent.

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