I understand what the Government are trying to achieve, but as the Secretary of State points out, the Environment Agency could go through due process with the courts, and there is already the sanction of unlimited fines. What will she do to protect a farmer, for instance, from unreasonable, heavy-handed fines by the Environment Agency, particularly as it now has an incentive to fine because it will keep the money for its own projects?
Environmental Protection
Proceeding contribution from
George Eustice
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 18 July 2023.
It occurred during Debates on delegated legislation on Environmental Protection.
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