To make provision about targets, plans and policies for improving the natural environment; to make provision for the Office for Environmental Protection; to make provision about waste and resource efficiency; to make provision about air quality; to make provision for the recall of products that fail to meet environmental standards; to make provision about water; to make provision about nature and biodiversity; to make provision for conservation covenants; to make provision about the regulation of chemicals; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
6 November 2019
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The Environment Bill sets out targets and policies to improve the natural environment, creates the Office for Environmental Protection to enforce standards, and covers waste, air quality, water, biodiversity, conservation covenants and chemical regulation, including a provision for product recalls. It is currently at the Ways and Means stage in the Commons after years of scrutiny since its introduction.
The bill is at the Ways and Means stage in the Commons. It has travelled through several earlier stages since 2019, with Lords amendments debated and the government sometimes opposing those amendments.
Votes on Lords amendments in 2021 showed a mixed pattern across parties. The government generally pressed to disagree with Lords amendments, but party positions varied and were not uniform, with SNP generally backing the government’s stance in these votes.
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