Proposals set out in the Government’s Natural Environment White Paper, The Natural Choice; securing the value of nature, published on 7 June 2011, will be the focus of a new inquiry by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee.
Launching the inquiry, Anne McIntosh, chair of EFRA Committee said:
“In what is the first White Paper on the natural environment to be produced for twenty years, the Government says it wants to be the first generation to leave the natural environment of England in a better state than it inherited.
“Our inquiry will ask how well the Government’s proposals are likely to protect the environment for future generations, make the economy more environmentally sustainable or improve quality of life and well-being.