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 Sackman
The 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...
ⓘ

This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 118760) →