Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 906976
Environment Protection: Prosecutions
Tabled: 11 December 2025
Answered: 18 December 2025
Named DayQuestion
Chris Hinchliff
Labour — North East Hertfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with the Crown Prosecution Service to prosecute environmental crimes.
Answer
Emma HardyEnvironmental crimes and prosecutions are generally undertaken by the Environment Agency (EA) as the Environmental Regulator and not by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). The CPS does prosecute some particular environmental crimes, for the police's Nati...
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