Ministers have been asked to justify the draft Deregulation Bill, which includes proposals to force regulators to support economic growth and to diminish the requirement to consult Natural England.
At a hearing on 6 November, the joint committee on the draft Deregulation Bill questioned energy minister Michael Fallon on the proposed growth duty on non-economic regulators (ENDS Report 462, p22), which would affect the Environment Agency, Natural England and other environmental watchdogs.
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