Achieving government’s long-term environmental goals

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 22 Oct 2020 Closed: 19 Apr 2021 Parliament page
In January 2018, government published its 25 Year Environment Plan, setting out its ambition to improve the natural environment in England within a generation: both for the direct benefits this would bring, as well as to support its influence overseas and position the UK as a global environmental leader. The … Read more
7 Recommendations
15 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
3 Letters
1 Event
Activity timeline 6 events
3 Sep
2021
Report published
13 Jul
2021
Correspondence
3 Feb
2021
Report published
13 Jan
2021
Correspondence
13 Jan
2021
Correspondence
3 Dec
2020
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
3 Dec 2020
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Achieving government’s long-term environmental goals
David Hill · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Marian Spain · Natural England Philip Duffy · Environment Agency Sir James Bevan · Environment Agency Tamara Finkelstein · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Fortieth Report - Achieving government’s long-term environmental… HC 927 3 Feb 2021 22 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
Clear
12 Conclusion Deferred
Fortieth Report - Achieving govern…
The Environment Agency and Natural England have a key role to play in delivering government’s...
The Environment Agency and Natural England have a key role to play in delivering government’s environmental goals. Natural England confirmed that it has had its budget reduced by almost half in recent years which has affected its ability to meet … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees with the committee's observation on funding challenges but defers action by stating that costs for meeting new legally binding targets will be determined with HM Treasury and published by October 2022, to align with the next Environmental Improvement Plan by January 2023.
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Government Response AI assessment · 22 of 7 classified
Accepted 11
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 2
Deferred 1
Not Addressed 7
Total 7 recs + 15 conclusions
Correspondence 3 letters
13 Jul 2021 Correspondence from Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive’s Office, Environment Agency, re Environment Agency’s response to the question from James Wild MP, dated 5 July 2021
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13 Jan 2021 Correspondence from Tamara Finkelstein, Permanent Secretary, DEFRA, re Covid funding for zoos, the England Peatland Strategy, and government monitoring of cycling, walking and driving, dated 3 December 2020
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13 Jan 2021 Correspondence from Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive, Environment Agency, re Water abstraction, dated 16 December 2020
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