Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of allocating funds for research on the relationship between air and water pollution.

Defra continue to keep our research needs under review to ensure a robust, evidence-based approach to policy. At present Defra has not made an assessment of the potential merits of allocating funds for further research on the relationship between air and water pollution.