§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what action he has taken to achieve implementation in Wales of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe agreement on the reduction of emissions of nitrogen oxides or their transboundary fluxes;
(2) what action he has taken through the relevant Government Departments to achieve implementation in Wales of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe agreement on the reduction of emissions of nitrogen oxides or their transboundary fluxes.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettThis agreement requires parties to reduce total national emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) to 1987 levels by 1994, and to apply emission standards to major sources based on best available technologies which are economically feasible.
This will be achieved in Wales and throughout the United Kingdom principally through implementation of the European Community Directives on emissions from large combustion plants, from cars, and from heavy diesel vehicles; and through the operation of the new systems of air pollution control and integrated pollution control being introduced under part I of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.