Public Expenditure: Environment Protection

(asked on 5th December 2024) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will include section 17(5) of the Environment Act 2021 in the Green Book.


Answered by
Darren Jones Portrait
Darren Jones
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
This question was answered on 12th December 2024

Ministers of the Crown have a legal duty to have due regard to the environmental principles policy statement when making policy, in line with section 19 of the Environment Act 2021.

This is made clear on the Green Book webpage and will be reflected in the Green Book when the document is next updated.

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