MPs discuss aircraft air quality
2 July 2009 (updated on 22 April 2010)
Tobias Ellwood, Conservative MP for Bournemouth East, introduced a debate in Westminster Hall on the quality of air in passenger aircraft. Mr Ellwood, a pilot, was particularly concerned about how cabin air pollution - known as aerotoxic syndrome - is reported to, and dealt with by, the airline industry.
- Commons Hansard: Air quality in passenger aircraft
- Video and Audio: Air quality in passenger aircraft
- About Parliament: Adjournment debates
- Topical issues: Aviation
Westminster Hall adjournment debates allow MPs to consider issues of local or personal interest which rarely have time to be debated in the main Chamber of the House of Commons. They enable MPs to discuss a variety of issues and to receive a response from a government Minister.