United Kingdom · Question · Written question
HL HL4751
Environment: Crime
Introduced
7 December 2021
Last action
21 December 2021 · Answer
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Environment
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21 December 2021
Summary
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decision by the Parliament of Belgium to create an offence of ecocide; and what plans they have to introduce legislation to make ecocide an offence in the UK.
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7 December 2021
Written question
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decision by the Parliament of Belgium to create an offence of ecocide; and what plans they have to introduce legislation to make ecocide an offence in the UK.
Source: Lords
21 December 2021
Answer
We do not currently have plans to introduce such a law in the UK, but we have strengthened regulations in England in recent months to protect the environment. These are enforced by a variety of regulators including the newly-established Office of Environm...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-12-07/HL4751
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1385967
- uk · wq-1385967 · source updated 21 December 2021