15th August 2022
A briefing on the Levelling up and Regeneration Bill and its impact on devolved environmental protections.
Summary
- The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill will hand a UK Minister the power to scrap and rewrite, by secondary legislation, environmental protections currently set out in primary legislation.
- This power will apply across the UK – meaning the UK Government could directly change Scottish environmental law against the wishes of the Scottish Government.
- These proposals are of serious concern to environmental NGOs as they have the potential to weaken the protection of the environment.