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Roads: Nitrous Oxide

Asked by Gareth SnellLabour (Co-op)Department for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 5 January 2026UIN 100378

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the time taken for her Department to make a decision on Stoke-on-Trent's proposal to reduce Nitrous Oxide levels at the A500/Etruria R

Answered by Emma Hardy

The proposals by Stoke-on-Trent need careful consideration in order to understand how they support the requirement to achieve compliance with legal nitrogen dioxide limits in the shortest possible time.

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