Select committee: Transport Committee
Recommendation 7
Ninth Report - Draft revised National Policy Statement for National Networks
Published 20 Oct 2023
Paragraph 35
Addressed to Department for Transport
Transport Committee National Networks National Policy Statement All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Recommendation (the committee's words)
The draft revised NNNPS should be amended to explicitly state the Government’s understanding of the legal precedent for permitting major infrastructure schemes which result in an increase in emissions, where that increase is judged as not likely to harm the achievement of a national target.
From: Transport Committee, Ninth Report - Draft revised National Policy Statement for National Networks (HC 903), paragraph 35, 20 October 2023
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 11 March 2024 (deadline 20 December 2023).