What next for the Environment Bill?

The Environment Bill 2019-21 (the Bill) was reintroduced into Parliament on 30 January 2020. Intended as a post-Brexit, replacement framework for future environmental legislation, the Bill establishes a statutory basis for the government’s 25 Year Environment Plan and sets out plans to create a new governmental supervisory watchdog, the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP).

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