Pollution
This page highlights some of the current parliamentary material available on pollution. This includes select committee reports, briefing papers on current legislation and other subjects produced by the parliamentary research services, and the latest Early Day Motions put down by MPs.
Standard Notes
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 15.03.2013 | Marine Conservation Zones |
| This note describes the designation of Marine Conservation Zones in England, which were introduced under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. The Government has proposed to designate 31 MCZ in 2013; additional MCZ may be designated in following years. A public consultation on the proposals closes on 31 March 2013. | |
| 21.05.2012 | Roads: charging in London |
| This note provides information on the two road charging schemes that exist in central London: the Low Emissions Zone (LEZ) and the Congestion Charge. | |
| 27.02.2012 | The Water Industry (Financial Assistance) Bill 2010-12 |
| The Water Industry (Financial Assistance) Bill contains two measures. One will give the Government the discretion to reduce water bills in certain regions. The other will give the Government the discretion to provide financial assistance for major water and sewage infrastructure projects. Initially the Government plans to use these powers to reduce water bills in the South West of England and to support the Thames Tunnel project. | |
| 19.11.2010 | Roads: traffic noise |
| This Note outlines the various initiatives of successive government and the European Union to properly monitor and reduce road traffic noise and its associated impacts. | |
| 05.08.2010 | Fly tipping--the illegal dumping of waste |
| There are large environmental, social and financial impacts associated with fly tipping and the illegal dumping of waste. Local authorities, the Environment Agency and landowners spend more than £100 million every year tackling the consequences of fly tipping. This note gives a general overview of the extent of the problem of fly-tipping and the powers and responsibilities of the Environment Agency, local authorities and landowners to deal with it. |
Research Papers
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 23.01.2006 | Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Bill [HL] |
| 04.01.2005 | Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill (Bill 11 of 2004/05) |
| The Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill (Bill 11 of 2004/05). House of Commons Library Research Paper 05/01. | |
| 03.06.1999 | Pollution Prevention and Control Bill (HL) (Bill 107 1998/99) |
| Pollution Prevention and Control Bill (HL). (Bill 107 of 1998/99). House of Commons Library Research Paper 99/58. |
Select Committee Reports
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 15.03.2011 | UK deepwater drilling - implications of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. |
| Government response. Energy and Climate Change Select Committee report [Commons] | |
| 15.02.2011 | Emissions performance standards. |
| Government response. Energy and Climate Change Select Committee; Department of Energy and Climate Change report [Commons] | |
| 14.12.2010 | UK deepwater drilling - implications of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. |
| Energy and Climate Change Select Committee report [Commons] | |
| 24.11.2010 | Emissions performance standards. |
| Energy and Climate Change Select Committee report [Commons] | |
| 22.11.2010 | Air Quality. |
| Government response. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs report [Commons] |
Early Day Motions
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 08.12.2010 | GE LIGHTING SITE, LEICESTER |
| That this House notes with concern that, four years after the GE Lighting factory on Melton Road in Leicester closed, the problem of contaminated land has not been resolved; further ... | |
| 30.06.2010 | IMPROVEMENT IN AIR QUALITY IN PORT TALBOT |
| That this House welcomes the recent dramatic fall in air pollution in Port Talbot; congratulates Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council, local companies, notably Corus and the Environment ... | |
| 23.06.2010 | MARINE POLLUTION (S.I., 2010, No. 1228) (No. 2) |
| That this House welcomes the Merchant Shipping (Ship-to-Ship Transfers) Regulations 2010 which were laid before it on 9 April 2010, in the previous Parliament; considers the new requirement ... | |
| 09.06.2010 | MARINE POLLUTION (S.I., 2010, No. 1228) |
| That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that the Merchant Shipping (Ship-to-Ship Transfers) Regulations 2010 (S.I., 2010, No. 1228), dated 8 April 2010, a copy of ... | |
| 29.03.2010 | WATERAID AND SANITATION TARGETS |
| That this House notes that 2.5 billion people across the world live without access to sanitation and around 4,000 children die from diarrhoea every single day, more than AIDS, malaria ... |
POST Papers
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 15.03.2012 | Livestock Super Farms |
| This POSTnote examines the current issues surrounding intensification of livestock production in the UK. | |
| 01.04.2011 | Unconventional gas, April 2011 |
| This POSTnote examines the potential for unconventional gas exploitation in the UK, the regulatory regimes covering such activity, and the issues surrounding the extraction and use of the gas. | |
| 01.11.2010 | UK indoor air quality, November 2010 |
| This POSTnote describes sources of indoor air pollution, the evidence for adverse effects on human health and outlines possible policy responses. | |
| 01.10.2010 | Electric vehicles |
| This POSTnote focuses on the extent to which EVs could reduce carbon emissions and examines issues that would surround widespread uptake. | |
| 01.12.2008 | River basin management plans, December 2008 |
| This POSTnote outlines some of the challenges in implementing River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs) in the UK to meet Water Framework Directive (WFD) objectives. | |
| 01.11.2006 | Ambient air quality, November 2006 |
| Ambient air quality, November 2006. POSTnote 06/272. |
