Unit 2:  The Legal System Within The UK

2.6  The Environment and Privatisation

This topic will only be briefly focused upon and you will be expected to read around the subject further, as it is a supplementary component of the core content of the course.

Over the past decade and beyond, the UK has endured wide ranging privatisation of many of the main utilities. A question that you must bear in mind, key to the future advance of environmental protection, is the level to which regulatory bodies will develop sufficient long-term strategies for environmental protection.


Further reading on Privatisation

Due to the fact that this subject has not been focused upon heavily, it may be of interest to you to read around the following and to consult the list of topics to read around given below.

  • Regulatory Bodies
  • Privatisation and Central Government Policies
  • Privatisation: Industry Specific
  • Coal
  • Gas
  • Water and sewerage
  • Onshore oil and gas
  • Electricity
  • EC law and privatised utilities

Reference Material:

Baldwin R. (ed) (1995) Regulation in Question: The Growing Agenda. London School of Economics, London.
Beesley M (ed) (1994) Regulating Utilities: The Way Forward. London Institute of Economic Affairs, London.
Bishop M. Kay J, and Mayer C. (1995) The Regulatory Challenge. Oxford University Press, oxford.