Pollution Control: Public Places
Commons · Question 78059 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Mark Pritchard
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the use of petrol leaf blowers in public spaces on (a) noise pollution and (b) air quality.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 16 Oct 2025
The Department for Business and Trade is responsible for the legislation covering noise from outdoor equipment which is governed by the Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for use Outdoors Regulations 2001 as amended by the Product Safety and M...