Issue - meetings

To consider the attached report.

The Committee considered a report setting out WYCA’s response to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) revised Air Quality Plan consultation, launched in May 2017.

The Plan sets out a range of measures considered by government to be the most effective ways of reducing Nitrogen Dioxide levels in affected areas, including Clean Air Zones. The Plan provides an overview of a range of proposed interventions to improve air quality, including non-charging and charging based Clean Air Zones, retrofit emission abatement technology and investment in Ultra Low Emission Vehicles (ULEVs). 

Members noted WYCA’s response to the eight question consultation, which was attached to the submitted report.  It was noted that this had been submitted before the deadline of 15 June 2017.

Resolved:  That the principles of the WYCA response to the Government’s Air Quality Plan, as set out in the submitted report, as a basis for continued engagement with Government be endorsed.