Select committee: Environmental Audit Committee
Conclusion 31
First Report - Biodiversity in the UK: bloom or bust?
Published 30 Jun 2021
Paragraph 152
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
The Government is not on track to achieve its objective of improving the environment within a generation, and its 25 Year Environment Plan does not provide sufficient direction to change this. Despite repeated calls in the last five years by this Committee, the National Audit Office, the Public Accounts Committee and the Natural Capital Committee, the Government is yet to establish a baseline to measure progress against environmental goals. In the meantime, the UK’s natural capital assets appear to be continuing to deteriorate.
From: Environmental Audit Committee, First Report - Biodiversity in the UK: bloom or bust? (HC 136), paragraph 152, 30 June 2021
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 30 September 2021 (deadline 30 August 2021).