Member

The economic consequences have been crippling. Housing affordability is worsening. The scientific analysis behind Natural England’s objections remains questionable. I know this from its approach to nutrient neutrality in Norfolk. In effect, a global treaty was used to gold-plate EU legislation when it had no business doing so in the UK. This is not me saying it: it is what the Supreme Court found. Natural England got it wrong—badly wrong. Even when it had the chance to throw in the towel and admit its mistake, it pressed on for four years.