United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 89495
Timber: Urban Areas
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8 December 2021
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14 December 2021 · Answer
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14 December 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of banning (a) some or (b) all wood burning in urban areas on (i) reducing air pollution and (ii) meeting climate change targets.
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8 December 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of banning (a) some or (b) all wood burning in urban areas on (i) reducing air pollution and (ii) meeting climate change targets.
Source: Commons
14 December 2021
Answer
Defra has no current plans to introduce a ban on wood burning in urban areas. We continue to undertake regular monitoring of emission sources of air pollutants and greenhouse gases to inform future policy.
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-12-08/89495
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1386320
- uk · wq-1386320 · source updated 14 December 2021