The plan to introduce a Clean Air Zone (CAZ) in Greater Manchester has been branded a "tax on jobs" by government ministers.
Set to be launched in May, the scheme is the largest of its kind in the country and will cover all ten boroughs - an area of around 493 miles.
The CAZ, which will hit drivers of high-emission vehicles, will see a £60 charge for HGVs, buses and coaches, £10 for vans and £7.50 for taxis and private hire cars.
Failure to pay the charge will result in a £120 fine plus the daily charge.
Bury North MP James Daly, raising the issue in the Commons this afternoon, said the move would be a "disaster" for his constituents.
He said: "The Labour party’s tax on business, otherwise known as the Greater Manchester clean air zone, is a disaster for my constituents.
"It is impacting taxi drivers, small businesses and many others over an area of 493 square miles.
"I ask him to make time for a debate so that this House can tell the Mayor of Greater Manchester and all the Labour politicians, including the Labour leader of Bury Council, that that plan is not acceptable, that the voice of Parliament must be heard and that my constituents must not be penalised in that manner."
Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg, responding to Mr Daly, said: "Labour’s plan is essentially a tax on jobs, a tax on working people and an attack on the motorist.
"The Labour party hates the motorist because the socialist does not like the independence that motoring brings to people. Again and again, Labour wants to attack the motorist.
"Labour’s plan, Mr Burnham’s plan, the socialist plan, the left-wing plan for a tax on working people in Greater Manchester is something that he is right to campaign against."
Mr Burnham has previously said that he is ‘open to any solution’ that might cut pollution to legal levels without jeopardising jobs.
He added: “We have to get the air down to legal levels. Government is requiring us to do that. We want to do that, to clean up the air, without losing a job, a business or putting anybody into hardship."
