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  Environment Bill - Clause 2 - Environmental Targets: Particulate Matter
  
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  @ MP voted no not to require a target for particulate matter under 2.5 micrometres in diameter in the air to be set at a level of less ten micrograms per cubic meter, to be in-line with World Health Organisation guidelines and to be met by 2030 at the latest
  
  @ MP voted aye to require a target for particulate matter under 2.5 micrometres in diameter in the air to be set at a level of less ten micrograms per cubic meter, to be in-line with World Health Organisation guidelines and to be met by 2030 at the latest
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to require a target for particulate matter under 2.5 micrometres in diameter in the air to be set at a level of less ten micrograms per cubic meter, to be in-line with World Health Organisation guidelines and to be met by 2030 at the latest
  
  MPs were considering the Environment Bill.[1][2]
  
  The amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  
  :Amendment 25, page 2, line 24, leave out subsection (2) and insertâ
  
  :â(2) The PM2.5 air quality target mustâ
  
  :(a) be less than or equal to 10Âµg/m3;
  
  :(b) follow World Health Organisation guidelines; and
  
  :(c) have an attainment deadline on or before 1 January 2030.â
  
  The rejected amendment was accompanied by the following statement from its proposer:
  
  :This amendment is intended to set parameters on the face of the Bill to ensure that the PM2.5 target will be at least as strict as the 2005 WHO guidelines, with an attainment deadline of 2030 at the latest.
  
  The amendment would have impacted Clause 2 of the Bill[3], which was titled ''Environmental targets: particulate matter'' and began[3]:
  
  :(1) The Secretary of State must by regulations set a target (âthe PM 2.5 air quality targetâ) in respect of the annual mean level of PM2.5 in ambient air.
  :(2) The PM2.5 air quality target may, but need not, be a long-term target.
  :(3) In this section âPM 2.5 â means particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter not exceeding 2.5 micrometres.
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  * [1] [https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/2593 Parliament's webpage on the Environment Bill], Parliament.uk
  * [2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0009/en/20009en01.htm Explanatory notes to the Environment Bill, 30 January 2020], Parliament.uk
  * [3] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0220/200220.pdf Environment Bill as of 27 November 2020]. Parliament.uk
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