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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that local authorities adopt targets on air quality in line with the Environment Act 2021.

Local Authorities have powers to tackle pollutant emissions from a number of local sources, including domestic burning, environmental permitting and through the planning system. We are considering how Local Authorities can contribute to meeting our national PM2.5 objectives, including targets set under the Environment Act 2021. We will consult on further guidance for local authorities in our forthcoming draft Air Quality Strategy, which we are currently reviewing.