MPs quiz ministers on housebuilding plans and environmental targets
MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee will quiz Government ministers on their plans to achieve ambitious housebuilding targets without sacrificing climate and nature goals.
The Government has committed to building 1.5 million new homes by the end of the Parliament. But critics question whether this can be achieved without undermining the Government’s other goals on protecting nature and biodiversity and reducing carbon emissions.
Meeting details
At 4:30pm: Oral evidence
Inquiry
Environmental sustainability and housing growth
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Nature) at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Deputy Director for Land Use at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Minister of State (Minister for Housing and Planning) at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Director for Planning at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Topics for discussion could include:
- Plans for the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, after the Office for Environmental Protection said it would reduce legal protections for the environment
- Whether the Nature Restoration Fund could roll back protections for nature
- The Government’s approach to reducing embodied carbon in new buildings
- Whether skills shortages in ecology, construction and planning could threaten housebuilding targets
- How ministers are working together across departments