Members of the House of Lords voted against a government amendment to scrap nutrient neutrality rules…
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Inside Housing writes:
Last night, members of the House of Lords voted against a government amendment to scrap nutrient neutrality rules…
The vote came after an announcement last month by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities which said that scrapping the “defective EU laws” would generate an estimated £18bn for the economy between now and 2030…
To change the rule, the government introduced an amendment to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, which was going through the House of Lords.
Conservative Baroness Scott of Bybrook, whose name the amendments are in, opened the debate: “Nutrients entering our rivers is a real and serious problem, but the contribution made by new homes is very small compared with that from sources such as industry, agriculture and our existing housing stock.”….
She also accused the government’s plans of undermining “our evidence-based planning system and set a dangerous precedent”.
Baroness Parminter, Liberal Democrat, admitted the current mitigation scheme in place is “not perfect”…
Ultimately, the attempt to ease the rules was defeated by 203 votes to 156…
