Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 118760
Aarhus Convention
Tabled: 9 March 2026
Answered: 19 March 2026
Question
Sir James Cleverly
Conservative — Braintree
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of amending the Aarhus Convention provisions on costs in planning cases.
Answer
Sarah SackmanThe Government remains committed to upholding its obligations under the Aarhus Convention, including maintaining access to environmental justice that is not prohibitively expensive. We set up the Environmental Costs Protection Regime (ECPR) in 2013 to ena...
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