PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(12 March 2025)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to make clean air a public health priority.
Asked by:
Jas Athwal (Labour)
Asked by:
Jas Athwal (Labour)
Answer
Improving the environment where we live, work, and play is critical to support everyone to live longer healthier lives. We know that air pollution is one of the greatest environmental risks to public health in the United Kingdom and so tackling it plays a crucial role in the shift from treatment to prevention of ill health.
Leading our Health Mission, the Department of Health and Social Care is working across Government on ways to reduce the health harms of air pollution, including with the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to support their plans for cleaner air.
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