The draft clean air strategy 2018

Table of contents

• Original news
• What is the background leading up to the draft Clean Air Strategy being published?
• What are the key elements of the strategy?
• What does the strategy say about co-operation with the devolved administrations?
• Is there anything arising from the strategy which is of particular note for lawyers and their clients?
• What are the timings and next steps?

Article summary

Environment analysis: Senior associate barrister at Bircham Dyson Bell, Rahul Bijlani, discusses the draft clean air strategy, which is part of the government’s 25-year plan to leave the environment in ‘a better state than we found it’. Bijlani argues that the strategy ‘reads more like a framework which sets out policy aspirations, further strategies and future legislative proposals, rather than being a single coherent statement of policy on air quality’.