Schedule 11: Local air quality management framework New section 80A Duty to report on air quality in England
New section 80A requires the Secretary of State to lay a statement annually before Parliament which sets out an assessment of progress made towards meeting air quality objectives and standards in England, as well as the steps the Secretary of State has taken in support of meeting those standards and objectives. These are the standards and objectives for local air quality that the Secretary of State must include in the National Air Quality Strategy and enact in secondary legislation, which are then the levels that local authorities must assess against under the Local Air Quality Management Framework.
	Paragraph 4 inserts new section 81A into the Environment Act 1995.