Environmental Audit Committee - Fifth Report
Air Quality

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 16 March 2010.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

1 Introduction

Types of pollution

Sources of pollution

Regulation

Our inquiry

2 The air quality problem

Heath effects of poor air quality

The Government's advice

EU targets

Particulate Matter

Nitrogen Oxides

Ozone

3 The costs of poor air quality

Health costs

Environmental costs

EU fines

4 Reshaping policy

Raising awareness

Cross-departmental working

Transport and air quality

Assisting local authorities

5 Conclusion

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

Witnesses (Volume II)

List of written evidence (Volume II)

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Written and Oral Evidence

05 January 2010

09 February 2010

23 February 2010

Written Evidence

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Prepared 22 March 2010