A Bill to make provision about the safeguarding of standards of environmental protection derived from European Union legislation, including for water, air, soil, flood protection, and climate change, after the withdrawal of the UK from the EU; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
28 April 2017
This Bill would keep the environmental protection standards that originated from EU rules in UK law after Brexit. It covers water, air, soil, flood protection and climate change, and aims to prevent protections from weakening as policies evolve. It provides a domestic framework to monitor and maintain those standards in the UK.
The Bill is currently at Second Reading in the House of Commons; if it progresses, it will move to the Committee stage for detailed scrutiny and then on to later stages.
Generated 21 February 2026
This Bill was expected to have its second reading debate on Friday 12 May 2017.
However, as a General Election has now been called and Parliament will be dissolved from 3 May 2017, the Bill falls and no further action will be taken.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
