Twelfth Special Report
The Environmental Audit Committee reported to the
House on 8 December 2014 on Action on Air Quality (HC 212).
On 16 December a prospective EU directive on air quality, which
was discussed in our report, was dropped from the European Commission's
2015 Work Programme, "to be modified as part of the
legislative follow-up to the 2030 Energy & Climate Package".[1]
On 15 December, we had written to the President of the European
Commission about this.[2]
On 21 January we wrote to the Defra minister about air quality
monitoring,[3]
which was also discussed in our report, and he responded on 31
January 2015.[4]
The Infrastructure Bill, which included provisions relating to
the remit of the Strategic Highways Company (another issue covered
in our report), was given Royal Assent on 12 February. The Government
response to our Report was received on 20 February 2015, and is
appended below.
1 European Commission, Communication from the Commission:
Commission Work programme 2015: A new start, Annex (16 December
2014) Back
2
Letter from the Committee to Jean-Claude Juncker (15 December
2014) Back
3
Letter from the Committee to Dan Rogerson MP (21 January 2015) Back
4
Letter to the Committee from Dan Rogerson MP (31 January 2015) Back
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