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Bill Introduced 19 May 2022 ↗ Parliament

Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill [HL]

A Bill to establish the right to breathe clean air; to require the Secretary of State to achieve and maintain clean air in England and Wales; to involve the UK Health Security Agency in setting and reviewing pollutants and their limits; to enhance the powers, duties and functions of various agencies and authorities in relation to air pollution; to establish the Citizens’ Commission for Clean Air with powers to institute or intervene in legal proceedings; to require the Secretary of State and the relevant national authorities to apply environmental principles in carrying out their duties under this Act and the clean air enactments; and for connected purposes

Legislative progress

Lords 19 May 2022
1st reading
Lords 8 Jul 2022
2nd reading
Lords 18 Nov 2022
Committee stage
Lords 28 Nov 2022
Report stage
Lords 2 Dec 2022
3rd reading
Commons 5 Dec 2022
1st reading

Chamber debates