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Defra's responsibilities for air quality inquiry

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Urgent Government action is needed to stop up to 50,000 people a year dying early from air pollution-related illnesses, says the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, in its report on Air quality.

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4th Report - Air quality
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3rd Special Report - Air quality: Government response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2015-16
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20 January 2016
Inquiry Defra's responsibilities for air quality inquiry
Witnesses Matthew Pencharz, Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy to the Mayor of London, Councillor Tony Newman, Local Government Association Board Member and London Borough of Croydon, Councillor Nick McDonald, Nottingham City CouncilAndrew Bauer, Deputy Director of Policy, National Farmers' Union Scotland, Dr Diane Mitchell, Chief Environment Adviser, National Farmers' Union
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Oral Evidence
9 December 2015
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Witnesses Professor Paul Wilkinson, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Professor Martin Williams, King's College London, and Professor Mark Sutton, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Edinburgh; Simon Birkett, Founder and Director, Clean Air London, and Alan Andrews, Lawyer, Health and Environment, and Clean Air Project Leader, ClientEarth (at 3.15pm).
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Oral Evidence
3 February 2016
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Witnesses Rory Stewart MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment and Rural Affairs, and Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Cabinet Office.
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Friends Of The Earth (AQU0050)
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Ciwem (AQU0016)
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (AQU0062)
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