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Fifth report - Air Quality and coronavirus: a glimpse of a different future or business as usual
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
HC 468
Published 11 February 2021
Government response
Seventh Special Report - Air Quality and Coronavirus: A Glimpse of a Different Future or Business as Usual: Government Response to the Committee’s Fifth Report · published 24 Apr 2021
Recommendations & Conclusions
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Recommendation
Accepted
Para 50
The Committee recommends that the Office for Environmental Protection is given the necessary powers to...
Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the Office for Environmental Protection is given the necessary powers to enforce these limits.
Government Response Summary
The government confirms that existing and new air quality targets under the Environment Bill will fall within the remit of the Office for Environmental Protection, meaning the OEP will have the necessary powers to enforce them against all public bodies once operational.
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
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Recommendation
Accepted
Para 114
During the first lockdown in spring 2020, active travel increased significantly, facilitated in part by...
Recommendation
During the first lockdown in spring 2020, active travel increased significantly, facilitated in part by timely Government action. It is important that this progress is not lost, and the Government must match its rhetoric on a longer-term shift to active …
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Government Response Summary
The government is providing a second tranche of Active Travel Funding to local authorities, subject to conditions including proper consultation, to support the shift to active travel.
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
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