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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the role of improved air quality in achieving net zero goals.

Climate change and air pollution have many of the same emission sources. Driving innovative solutions to improve air quality across a range of sectors will have some co-benefits for delivering net zero. We are working closely with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Department for Transport to assess the impact on greenhouse gas emissions of air quality driven policies, as published in our impact assessments. We are also reviewing the greenhouse gas impact of our policy proposals to meet our legal commitments to reduce air pollution.