United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 79911
Environment Protection: Crime
Introduced
10 October 2025
Last action
17 October 2025 · Answer
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Answered
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Environment
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17 October 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to make ecocide a criminal offence.
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Timeline
10 October 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to make ecocide a criminal offence.
Source: Commons
17 October 2025
Answer
The UK has strong laws in place to protect the environment. Contravention of many of these is a criminal offence. Convictions are sought to punish significant or persistent environmental offending.
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-10-10/79911
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1838559
- uk · wq-1838559 · source updated 17 October 2025