Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they had made of proposals by Spanish bus and coach builder Irizar to modify air-conditioning systems to reduce passengers' inhalation of air-born droplets or micro-particles by ionising the air entering each system, and to use increased levels of oxygen in such systems to combat viruses via oxidisation; and in particular, whether such methods could be used on trains or trams to tackle pollen, fungal spores, bacteria and other microbes, as well as COVID-19 and other viruses.
We have not made any assessment of the proposals made by Spanish bus and coach builder Irizar to modify air-conditioning systems. However, we are aware that the industry is looking at various options around modifying air conditioning to give greater protection.
1. State of the environment
08/09/2020 - Environment Agency (EA)
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Found: green space, too few trees, culverted rivers, poor air quality
and are at risk of flooding. This holds
2. Storage Guidance
20/11/2020 - Radioactive Waste Management (RWM)
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Found: Corrosion 7 5.2 Moisture and Temperature Control 7 5.3 Air Filtration 9 5.4 Care of Stainless Steel 9 5.5 Contaminant
3. All Guidance Documents
20/11/2020 - Radioactive Waste Management (RWM)
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4. Sustaining the Soil Microbiome
21/05/2019 - Parliamentary Research
Found: communities of bacteria, fungi and other microorganisms in soil habitats. Soil microbes underpin key benefits
5. Innovate UK funding competition winners 2018
01/07/2019 - Innovate UK
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Found: varieties without introducing contamination by foreign pollen, by creating an advanced wind
pollination (anemophilous)
1. Covid-19: Public Transport
02/06/2020 - Lords Chamber
1: assessment they have made of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of public transport - Speech Link
2: intervention but, to be commercially successful, buses and trains have to be very full, yet the social distancing - Speech Link
3: an opportunity in that there will be a national bus strategy, in which we will look at how to put low- - Speech Link
4: predicted that traffic levels will remain lower due to Covid-19. What implications will that have for the Government’s - Speech Link
5: bacteria and other nasty things in the air. Will the Government consider a proper scientific examination - Speech Link
6: concern of the noble Lord to rest in that air-conditioning systems exist in all sorts of circumstances; the - Speech Link
2. Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place) (England) Regulations 2020
18/09/2020 - Lords Chamber
1: forward to mitigate the unprecedented impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and comply with all the Government’s - Speech Link
2: said that it was“aware that a number of COVID-19 instruments enable powers that can be switched - Speech Link
3: everything is bad in what has happened as far as Covid is concerned.When I was cut off by time in - Speech Link
4: coverings are with the aim of reducing the spread of Covid-19 and the regulations include a list of places - Speech Link
5: some materials better than others at keeping out viruses? Can this information be made available?Also - Speech Link
6: Western Railway is not doing a bad job. At present, trains are long enough to socially distance and there - Speech Link
3. Antimicrobial Resistance
02/05/2019 - Lords Chamber
1: but with a dynamic threat. The problem is that bacteria are rapidly evolving and adaptable, and the number - Speech Link
2: keep an eye out for it, as the hope is that it will air on television in England. The film shows how much - Speech Link
3: course we should expect to affect human health as microbes learn to find ways around being killed.The - Speech Link
4: and mortality, increase the burden on healthcare systems, increase extreme poverty and could inflict heavy - Speech Link
4. Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings on Public Transport) (England) Regulations 2020
08/07/2020 - Lords Chamber
1: ensuring the safety of passengers travelling on the transport network during the Covid-19 pandemic. We have - Speech Link
2: limited. Scientific evidence clearly shows that Covid-19 is spread as an aerosol. The president of the - Speech Link
3: and approve of the regulations requiring all passengers on public transport to wear a face covering, - Speech Link
5. Oral Answers to Questions
02/07/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: climate emergency and build back better from the covid pandemic. Will the Secretary of State join me in - Speech Link
2: appreciate the hon. Gentleman’s help in ensuring that air bridges can get going as quickly as possible and - Speech Link
3: welcome the Prime Minister’s re-announcement on bus investment, but it needs to be brought forward in - Speech Link
4: taking to support commercial bus routes that are in service during the covid-19 outbreak. [904121] - Speech Link
5: providing significant funding for the bus industry at this time. Our covid-19 funding package for England’s - Speech Link
6. Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place and on Public Transport) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020
12/10/2020 - Lords Chamber
1: rules by introducing a three-tier system of local Covid alert levels in England. This is not the subject - Speech Link
2: of the Government’s policies and strategies on Covid-19. There is a high degree of compliance with mask-wearing - Speech Link
3: just over 6% of schools reported being affected by Covid. What is the evidence of transmission within schools - Speech Link
4: no evidence has emerged that they are harmful in Covid transmission. The coronavirus is tiny, 0.1 micrometres - Speech Link
7. Oral Answers to Questions
17/09/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: those affected by the recent bus accident in Winchester.Local coach companies are much loved small - Speech Link
2: echo the comments of the shadow Minister on the bus accident in Winchester.Yesterday, the British - Speech Link
8. Covid-19: Transport
14/05/2020 - Lords Chamber
1: Statement about the new transport guidance for passengers and operators that has been published by my department - Speech Link
2: to provide safer services and workplaces for passengers and for staff. We encourage operators to consider - Speech Link
3: will leave effective capacity for only one in 10 passengers overall. It is therefore crucial that we protect - Speech Link
4: pop-up bike lanes, wider pavements and cycling and bus-only corridors. That money should help protect our - Speech Link
5: using transport is a necessity. In this case, passengers should follow the guidance we have set out today - Speech Link
6: In stations and bus interchanges, be patient and considerate with fellow passengers and staff. In particular - Speech Link
9. Improving Air Quality
28/06/2018 - Commons Chamber
1: Special Report of the Transport Committee, Improving air quality: Government response to the Fourth Report - Speech Link
2: Social Care and Transport Committees, Improving Air Quality, HC 433, and calls on the Government to adopt - Speech Link
3: Social Care and Transport Committees, Improving Air Quality, HC 433, and calls on the Government to adopt - Speech Link
10. Biodiversity
16/07/2015 - Grand Committee
1: are severely affecting the wider environmental systems, including water and wildlife.The NCC correctly - Speech Link
2: which agricultural technologies and production systems can be developed to deliver optimal environmental - Speech Link
3: animal productivity, maintain or enhance water and air quality, and promote plant and animal health. Healthy - Speech Link