PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Environment: Crime (24 January 2023)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislative proposals to make ecocide a crime.
Asked by:
Darren Jones (Labour)
Asked by:
Darren Jones (Labour)
Answer
Ecocide is not a crime recognised under the International Criminal Court’s Rome Statute.
Through the Environment Act 2021 we have legislated to make the UK a world leader in environmental protection. This includes publishing a new Environmental Improvement Plan and setting new legally binding targets for England to drive action by successive governments to protect and enhance our natural world.
Answered by:
Trudy Harrison (Conservative)
31 January 2023
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