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Pollution news from UK Parliament.

Sellafield’s race against time: nuclear waste clean-up not going quickly enough, PAC warns

Report highlights latest picture on delays and cost rises in c.£136bn 100-year nuclear decommissioning project

Lords debates new nuclear energy proposals

Members consider draft National Policy Statement for Nuclear Energy Generation. Catch up

EFRA Committee launch new inquiry into the circular economy

Parliament’s Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee today launches a new inquiry on the circular economy and issues a call for evidence on issues around the Global Plastics Treaty.

Publication of correspondence from Thames Water

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has just published a letter which it has since received from the Chair of Thames Water, Sir Adrian Montague.

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb speaking in the House of Lords chamber

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb: Lord Speaker's Corner

Jenny Jones, Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb, one of two Green members of the Lords, joins the Lord Speaker. Listen now

Vacancy: Specialist Adviser for Environmental Audit Committee inquiry into Addressing the risks from perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

Can you help Parliament examine how well equipped the UK is to address the health and environmental risks from PFAS chemicals?

EFRA Committee Chair comment on evidence session with Thames Water bosses

EFRA Committee Chair comment on evidence session with Thames Water bosses

Thames Water executives to be questioned by MPs

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRA) will quiz the CEO, CFO and Chair of Thames Water in a public hearing of the Committee at 10am on Tuesday 13 May.

EAC Chair presses Miliband for answers on net zero plans and fossil fuel lobbyists

The Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee has written to Energy Secretary Ed Miliband after promised commitments on the Government’s plans for the Seventh Carbon Budget have failed to materialise.

EAC launches new inquiry to address the risks of PFAS forever chemicals within the UK’s regulatory approach

Inquiry launch: Addressing the risks from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

Are MPAs fit for purpose, and how can we better plan our oceans and seas to protect precious habitats?

Government ministers will answer questions from the Environmental Audit Committee on how the UK uses its seas and oceans amid rising demand from industries spanning activities from renewable energy to fishing, and Government commitments to designate 30% of the UK’s waters as protected areas by 2030.

Is airport expansion compatible with net zero and environment targets? EAC launches new inquiry

As the Government commits to the expansion of airport capacity in the UK, the Environmental Audit Committee has launched a new inquiry to examine whether doing so can be achieved in line with climate and environment goals.

EAC to quiz Environment Secretary “at a crucial time to seek some reassurance”

At a time of heightened speculation regarding the Government’s commitment to nature and the environment, the Environment Secretary will next week face the Environmental Audit Committee.

EFRA Committee publishes strategy to guide its work

The EFRA Committee today publishes a document which details its strategic principles and the policy priorities that will underpin its work over the course of this Parliament.

Comment: The Seventh Carbon Budget

Reacting to the Climate Change Committee’s report on meeting the Seventh Carbon Budget, Environmental Audit Committee Chair, Toby Perkins MP, said:

26 February 2025