Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Harry Cohen (Labour), on Wednesday, 24 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 21 members in total.

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ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT ON AIR QUALITY

That this House congratulates the Environmental Audit Committee on its report making clear the deadly and costly effect of air pollution; notes its headline point that more could be done to prevent the deaths of up to 50,000 people each year and that in pollution hotspots vulnerable residents such as those with asthma, could be dying up to nine years early; notes also that the health costs are estimated at between ??8.5 billion and ??20.2 billion a year, with the added risk of substantial EU fines for failure to limit pollutants; and calls on all the major political parties to present in their election manifestos clear, effective and co-ordinated programmes for how they will deal with this exceptionally serious matter.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1175 

Session

2009-10

Other sponsors

Lynne Jones

Ann Cryer

David Drew

Mark Durkan

Bob Russell

Subjects

Environment protection Pollution

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk