11th Report - UK Progress on Reducing Nitrate Pollution
- HC No.
- HC 656
- Published
- 22 Nov 2018
- Items
- 0
- Government response
- Government response published 24 January 2019. Read the government's response ↗
Select committee: Environmental Audit Committee
Nitrates inquiry
Closed
Opened 5 Dec 2017
Closed 24 Jan 2019
Environmental Audit Committee Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Inquiry scope (the committee's words)
The Environmental Audit Committee will consider the nature, scale and impacts of nitrate pollution on the environment and human life, and review the Government’s approach to the regulation of the chemicals concerned and its approach to reducing them.
Where it stands
The inquiry is closed, opened 5 December 2017.
The committee has published 1 report, most recently 11th Report - UK Progress on Reducing Nitrate Pollution on 22 November 2018.
The government's response
Published 24 January 2019.
Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.The government responds to the Committee's recommendations mainly by setting out existing and planned work, and states that it "will not weaken our environmental protections in leaving the EU".
- On catchment planning and data sharing, the government "agrees that effective catchment planning must be the basis of delivering better environmental outcomes for water quality" and says it agrees with the Committee that data and evidence are central to catchment partnerships.
- On joined-up regulation, it agrees that leaving the EU offers an opportunity to align water, air and soil regulations, and says a statutory review of the Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2015 will consider the Committee's findings.
- On oversight, the draft Environment (Principles and Governance) Bill provides for a new independent Office for Environmental Protection, with a duty on the Secretary of State to provide funding "reasonably sufficient" for its functions.
- On enforcement resourcing, the overall budget for regulating farming "will be considered" in developing a business case, and the government says it will respond to the Stacey review "in the New Year".
Reports
- 11th Report - UK Progress on Reducing Nitrate Pollution22 November 2018
Evidence
- 3 oral evidence sessionsLatest 21 March 2018
Recent activity
- 13th Special Report - UK Progress on Reducing Nitrate Pollution: Government Response to the Committee’s Eleventh Report24 January 2019, Report published
- 11th Report - UK Progress on Reducing Nitrate Pollution22 November 2018, Report published
- Oral evidence session21 March 2018, Oral evidence
Reports
Oral evidence sessions
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