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Scrutiny of the draft Environment (Principles and Governance) Bill inquiry

Inquiry

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and the Environmental Audit Committee launch a joint call for written evidence for pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Environment (Principles and Governance) Bill.

The Chairs look forward to receiving evidence for the draft clauses of the bill, the policy paper, statement of impacts, the memorandum from Defra to the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee and the information paper on the policy statement on Environmental Principles. The Committees invite all interested parties to address the following questions and any other aspect of the draft legislation in writing by the end of January, in no more than 3,000 words.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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14th Report - Pre-legislative scrutiny of the Draft Environment (Principles and Governance) Bill
Inquiry Scrutiny of the draft Environment (Principles and Governance) Bill inquiry
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1st Special Report - Pre-legislative scrutiny of the Draft Environment (Principles and Governance) Bill: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourteenth Report of Session 2017–19
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1st Special Report - Pre-legislative scrutiny of the Draft Environment (Principles and Governance) Bill: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourteenth Report of Session 2017–19
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Oral evidence transcripts

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6 March 2019
Inquiry Scrutiny of the draft Environment (Principles and Governance) Bill inquiry
Witnesses Emma Howard Boyd, Chair, Environment Agency, Chris Stark, Chief Executive, the Committee on Climate Change, and Alan Law, Deputy Chief Executive, Natural England; Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Dr Thérèse Coffey MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Environment, and Davide Minotti, Deputy Director for the Environment Bill and Governance, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (at 10.30am).
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27 February 2019
Inquiry Scrutiny of the draft Environment (Principles and Governance) Bill inquiry
Witnesses Andrew Bryce, ABESAC Consultancy and Co-Chair UKELA Brexit Task Force, and Professor Richard Macrory QC, Emeritus Professor of Environmental Law, UCL.
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13 February 2019
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Witnesses Ruth Chambers, Senior Parliamentary Associate, Greener UK, Debbie Tripley, Director of Environmental Policy and Advocacy, World Wide Fund for Nature, Dr Tom West, Law and Policy Advisor, Client Earth, and Ali Plummer, Senior Policy Officer, RSPB.
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Written evidence

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Campaign for Freedom of Information (DEB0099)
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Dr Thérèse Coffey (DEB0100)
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Queen's University Belfast (DEB0097)
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