The Government faces a race against time to get its flagship levelling up Bill into law after peers inflicted a string of defeats.
Ministers have a tight deadline to get the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill passed ahead of the King’s Speech in early November, with dwindling Parliamentary time reduced due to the three week break for the party conferences and squeezed further by the Government’s need to add in new rules on nutrient neutrality.
Speaking to The MJ, former District Councils’ Network chairman John Fuller, who campaigned on nutrient neutrality, said it was a ‘huge Bill’ to get through Parliament before the King’s Speech deadline.
He added: ‘I welcome the proposals to get nutrient neutrality through a crowded legislative obstacle course, but sense that some of the more contentious items around devolution may need to fall away to meet the Prime Minister’s determination to get Britain building.’
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If you are interested in reading more about the new rules on nutrient neutrality, then check out our features 'Against nutrient neutrality rules' and 'Time to fight Government water plans'.
