| Heading: |
Wood-burning Stoves: Air Pollution |
| Question ID: |
1757550 |
| UIN: |
25593 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-21 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5335 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Jess Brown-Fuller
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| Asking Member handle: |
JessBrownFuller
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@JessBrownFuller
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of (a) Smoke Control Areas and (b) Ecodesign regulations, in the context of the impact of domestic log burners on air quality. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-30 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4645 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Emma Hardy
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Emma Hardy
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| Answer text: |
Since the introduction of Smoke Control Areas in 1956 emissions from domestic combustion have reduced significantly. However, domestic combustion is a major source of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions in the UK, and wood stove ownership is increas... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |