Human Rights Bill consultation - questions and answers: easy read version

The right to a healthy environment

This part is about the right to a healthy environment.

Environment means the things around us, like:

• the places where we live and work
• the places we like to visit
• the air we breathe
• the water around us

What people told us about the right to a healthy environment

Most people agreed that this should be a human right in Scotland.

People also said they wanted to make sure these things were included in the right:

• healthy and safe food
• clean water
• good ways of dealing with our waste water