One of the bills that will now not become law because of the snap election is the anti-boycott bill, which would have prevented local councils, universities and other public bodies from making ethical investment and spending decisions.
The main aim was to stop councils and others cutting ties with companies involved in Israeli crimes, but the bill would also have stopped divestment from fossil fuels where oil and gas companies are majority-owned or controlled by foreign states.
The bill banned decisions involving ‘moral or political disapproval’ of a foreign state.
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