- Reference: 2014/5849
- Question by: Navin Shah
- Meeting date: 17 December 2014
The Sunday Times reported that on the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants, an official advisory body, will publish a report next year showing that the premature death toll caused by road traffic pollution is around twice as high as originally thought. The official death toll for air pollution in the UK is currently 29,000, but this does not take into account levels of the gas nitrogen dioxide, which is mainly emitted by diesel engines whose deadly effects are not included in the existing official count. Given your role in relation to Environment in London, will you work...