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ISSUE 80
JUN 19-25, 2026
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Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill [HL]

The bill’s formal description, sponsors and the full list of documents Parliament has published for it, bill text at each stage, Explanatory Notes, Impact Assessments, amendment papers, written evidence and committee reports.

Long title · Parliament’s official description

A Bill to establish the right to breathe clean air; to require the Secretary of State to achieve and maintain clean air in England and Wales; to involve the UK Health Security Agency in setting and reviewing pollutants and their limits; to enhance the powers, duties and functions of various agencies and authorities in relation to air pollution; to establish the Citizens’ Commission for Clean Air with powers to institute or intervene in legal proceedings; to require the Secretary of State and the relevant national authorities to apply environmental principles in carrying out their duties under this Act and the clean air enactments; and for connected purposes

Sponsors · 2

  • Baroness Jones of MoulsecoombGreen PartyLife peer
  • Caroline LucasGreen PartyBrighton, Pavilion

Bill · 3

  • Bill 210 2022-23 (as brought from the Lords)Commons
    6 Dec 2022
  • HL Bill 69 (as amended in Committee)Lords
    18 Nov 2022· 255 KB
  • HL Bill 5 (as introduced)Lords
    19 May 2022· 185 KB

Explanatory Notes · 1

  • HL Bill 5 Explanatory NotesLords
    21 Jun 2022· 442 KB

Briefing papers · 1

  • Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill [HL]Lords
    23 Jun 2022

Amendment Paper · 7

  • HL Bill 5-I Marshalled list for CommitteeLords
    16 Nov 2022· 128 KB
  • HL Bill 5(f) Amendment for CommitteeLords
    28 Oct 2022· 55 KB
  • HL Bill 5(e) Amendment for CommitteeLords
    18 Oct 2022· 56 KB
  • HL Bill 5(d) Amendments for CommitteeLords
    30 Sept 2022· 59 KB
  • HL Bill 5(c) Amendment for CommitteeLords
    22 Aug 2022· 62 KB
  • HL Bill 5(b) Amendments for CommitteeLords
    15 Aug 2022· 71 KB
  • HL Bill 5(a) Amendments for CommitteeLords
    8 Jul 2022· 47 KB

Select Committee report · 2

  • 7th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform CommitteeLords
    7 Jul 2022
  • 4th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform CommitteeLords
    16 Jun 2022

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