Tackling air quality is a priority for this Government and we are committed to meeting air quality limits for nitrogen dioxide in the shortest possible time. My Department and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs work closely together at all levels to embed air quality considerations in the development of transport policy and delivery.<\/p>
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The UK Air Quality Plan, published on 17 December 2015, sets out a comprehensive approach for meeting EU legal limits in the shortest possible time through a new programme of Clean Air Zones. The Plan combines targeted local and national measures to ensure that UK air will be cleaner than ever before, forming part of a wider approach that exploits new and clean vehicle technologies.<\/p>
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A national scrappage scheme cannot guarantee emissions reductions as effectively as other alternatives. This is because air quality issues are often localised and can be managed in other ways. Government will respond to the report by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee on Air Quality in the normal way.<\/p>
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The specific information requested is not readily available, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1562", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Scarborough and Whitby"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Robert Goodwill"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2016-05-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2016-05-04T15:59:29.127Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "27"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2016-04-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "High Speed 2 Line"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received on whether constructing Phase 1 of High Speed 2 would breach the requirements of Directive 2008/520/EC on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/18", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Chesham and Amersham"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mrs Cheryl Gillan"} ], "uin" : "35815"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/516349", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/516349/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Department and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency are working closely with other Government departments, as well as the European Commission and European Union and IMO Member States, to reach an agreement on the development of a work plan and timetable to define shipping\u2019s fair share of global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>
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The UK is committed to ensuring that the international maritime sector plays its part in achieving a global solution to limit average temperature increases as set out in the Paris Agreement, reached at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, and will play an active role in the working group on this issue as set up at the 69th<\/sup> session of the International Maritime Organization\u2019s Marine Environment Protection Committee in April 2016.<\/p>"}
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