§ Mr. PearsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment which areas have been identified in the west midlands as registering a level of air pollution deemed detrimental to human health. [33341]
§ Mr. ClappisonA summary of exceedences of national and international guidelines and standards for air pollution levels across the United Kingdom, including the west midlands, is included in the Department of the Environment's "Digest of Environmental Statistics No. 18, 1996" and "Air Pollution in the United Kingdom: 1994", published on behalf of the Department by the National Environmental Technology Centre. Copies of both reports have been placed in the Library of the House of Commons.