Quarrying: Air Pollution
Commons · Question 47332 · Tabled 23 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Alicia Kearns
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will consider reforming the monitoring system for PM10 emissions from quarries; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of doing so on public health.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 30 Apr 2025
Particulate matter emissions from quarries are regulated under the Environmental Permitting Regulations (England and Wales) 2016, including through emission limits and monitoring requirements on total particulate matter. We will keep standards for PM10 em...