Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 27603

Aarhus Convention: Local Government

Tabled: 30 January 2025
Answered: 11 February 2025

Question

Alicia Kearns

ConservativeRutland and Stamford

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department issues to local authorities on the Aarhus Convention.

Answer

Mary Creagh
The Aarhus Convention concerns access by the public to environmental information, to participation in environmental decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters. Defra does not issue specific guidance to local authorities on the Conventi...

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