Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Barry Sheerman (Labour and Co-operative Party), on Tuesday, 21 February 2023, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 9 members in total.

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Tyre pollution

That this House notes the impact of tyre wear on air and water quality; records that tyre pollution produces almost 2,000 times more air pollution than modern car exhausts; recognises that limited regulation on the production of tyres has allowed toxic chemicals and carcinogens such as 2-naphthylamine into our environment, despite having been banned in tyre production; is concerned that tyre wear produces difficult-to-measure ultrafine particles which can enter organs through the blood stream; acknowledges that the increasing prevalence of electric vehicles has increased the average weight of vehicles on UK roads contributing to increased tyre wear and therefore air pollution; and therefore calls on the Government to implement stringent regulation of tyre chemical compounds and tyre wear by supporting the Tyre Manufacture (Toxic Chemicals) Bill.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

876 

Session

2022-23

Other sponsors

Hywel Williams

Jim Shannon

Liz Saville Roberts

Ben Lake

Claudia Webbe

Subjects

Pollution Pollution control Tyres

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk