According to Public Health England1 poor air quality is the largest environmental risk to public health in the UK. In particular. diesel cars are estimated to be responsible for 4o ODD premature deaths each year. In response. the Government announced in El? that itwould ban the sale of newr petrol and diesel cars by 21340. Assess the 1new that regulation is a better policy for dealing with the problem of air pollution than the allocation of property rights or taxation. [25 marks]