Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill

Commons bill Private Members' Bill (Ten Minute Rule) 2024-25

A Private Members' Bill introduced through a 10-minute speech in the Commons, used primarily to draw attention to an issue rather than to legislate. Most do not progress beyond First Reading.

Second reading · Commons
Sponsor
Caroline Lucas (Green Party)
Introduced
17 January 2024
Last activity
17 January 2024
About this bill

A Bill to establish the right to breathe clean air; to require the Secretary of State to achieve and maintain clean air in England; 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.

Parliamentary stages

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Commons
First reading 17 Jan 2024
Second reading
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