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
Last fetched 25 Apr 2026 · parliament.uk
Progress through Parliament6 stages recorded
Lords
1st reading
19 May 2022
Lords
2nd reading
08 Jul 2022
Lords
Committee stage
18 Nov 2022
Lords
Report stage
28 Nov 2022
Lords
3rd reading
02 Dec 2022
Commons
1st reading
05 Dec 2022
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Bill 210 2022-23 (as brought from the Lords)
application/pdf · 06 Dec 2022
HL Bill 69 (as amended in Committee)
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7th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
application/pdf · 07 Jul 2022
Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill [HL]
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