questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of increasing the powers of local authorities to (a) monitor and (b) take steps to help tackle (i) air pollu
answerText: Local authorities are responsible for monitoring and assessing air quality within their areas and have powers to act when exceedances of air quality objectives are identified. As a result of the recent amendments to the Heather and Grass etc. Burning (Eng...
heading: Controlled Burning: Pollution Control