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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms are available for members of the public to report concerns about (a) persistent aircraft trails, (b) air quality and (c) atmospheric pollution.

Members of the public can report air quality and pollution concerns to their local authority, which has statutory responsibility for reviewing and assessing local air quality and investigating complaints relating to smoke emissions and certain other sources of local air pollution. Concerns about permitted industrial facilities can be reported by members of the public to the Environment Agency, or to the relevant local authority where it is the regulator.