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UK Relations with EU: Pollution Control

Asked by Sir Mark HendrickLabour (Co-op)Cabinet OfficeTabled Answered 12 June 2026UIN 7376

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to align Government policy with the EU’s higher air quality standards as part of the European Partnership Bill.

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds

The European Partnership Bill will provide the necessary powers to deliver treaties with the European Union now and in the future. Parliament will have the opportunity to scrutinise the Bill when it is introduced to Parliament in the usual way.

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