A cross-party group of MPs from four choose committees has written a report requiring a new clean Air Act to deal with the UK’s air contamination problem.
The report suggests the founding of a new clean air fund, paid for by carmakers on a “polluter pays” principle, to deal with air contamination head on.
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The MPs are likewise requiring a new set of laws, dubbed the clean Air Act, which would “enshrine the right to clean air in UK law”. The enquiry likewise suggests bringing ahead from 2040, the date from which the sale of traditional petrol as well as diesel will be banned, “in line with more ambitious commitments from around the world”.
MPs from the environmental Audit, health and wellness as well as Social Care, Transport, as well as the Environment, Food as well as rural Affairs Committees brought out an “unprecedented” joint enquiry, accusing the government of being “more concerned with box-ticking as well as demonstrating compliance than taking bold, affirmative action”.
Further emissions-based taxes – like the London T-Charge as well as recent rises in road tax for diesel vehicles – are likewise hinted at by the report, which suggests ministers should “take higher account of the costs of air contamination when establishing taxation as well as costs policy”.
