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Proposals for a new law which could see the bosses of major polluters jailed for up to 20 years has received enough support from MSPs to be introduced at Holyrood next year.

Monica Lennon's proposed Ecocide Prevention Bill has the backing of enough cross-party members to be brought forward and the Scottish government has indicated that it will not intervene to stop it.

This would clear the way for the bill to be formally introduced in the Scottish Parliament next year.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Yes, and make it so all over UK.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

This is great, but I can imagine bosses pay rising astronomically in accordance with this, and there will probably be some caveats that enable them to avoid jail