<p>Local Air Quality Management Guidance</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs – in the Senedd at 2:11 pm on 28 June 2017.

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Photo of Suzy Davies Suzy Davies Conservative 2:11, 28 June 2017

Thank you for that very helpful answer, actually. It was 15 June, I think, actually, that you issued the guidance, and in that guidance there’s an obligation on local authorities to plan for the long term and prevent problems from getting worse or arising in the first place. This is before your letter, but just four days later on 19 June, Swansea council’s cabinet member for the environment said that the local authority is fully compliant with all air quality legislation. Now, obviously, following guidance helps people comply with legislation, so considering that Swansea’s monitoring system, which is meant to reduce localised air pollution, is still not up and running despite being installed in 2012, can you say that Swansea council is complying with legislation? Perhaps, does your guidance need to go a little further in its explicitness, if that’s a word? Thank you.