Select committee: Public Accounts Committee
Defra Recall: Environmental protection
Closed
Opened 15 Feb 2023
Closed 28 May 2024
Public Accounts Committee Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Inquiry scope (the committee's words)
The Committee will question senior officials at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on a range of environmental protection issues. Questioning will follow up on previous inquiries on waste crime including the increasing involvement of criminal gangs; dangerous breaches of air quality ; water supply , sewage discharges and protection of rivers; and the Environmental Land Management Scheme introduced to replace the EU Common Agricultural Policy after Brexit. If you have new evidence on any of these issues, please submit it here by 6pm on Monday 10 April 2023. Please have a look at the requirements for written evidence submissions and note the Committee cannot accept as evidence material that has been published elsewhere.
Where it stands
The inquiry is closed, opened 15 February 2023.
The committee has not published a report yet.
Evidence
- 1 oral evidence sessionLatest 27 April 2023
- 4 witnesses
Recent activity
- Correspondence from Tamara Finkelstein CB, Permanent Secretary, The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, re Tree Planting12 September 2023, Correspondence
- Correspondence from PAC Chair Dame Meg Hillier to Tamara Finkelstein CB – re Defra recall: environmental protection, dated 16 June 202329 June 2023, Correspondence
- Correspondence from Tamara Finkelstein CB, Permanent Secretary, The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, re PAC Recall Session: Follow-Up Response, dated 2 June 202319 June 2023, Correspondence
Oral evidence sessions
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| Date | Session and witnesses | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Apr 2023 |
Defra Recall (Waste crime, air quality, river protection, water supply, ELMs rollout)
David Hill · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,
David Kennedy · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,
John Leyland · Environment Agency,
Tamara Finkelstein CB · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Who gave evidence
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| Witness | Organisation | Sessions |
|---|---|---|
| David Hill · Director General for Strategy and Water | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 1 |
| David Kennedy · Director General for Food, Biosecurity and Trade | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 1 |
| John Leyland · Executive Director | Environment Agency | 1 |
| Tamara Finkelstein CB · Permanent Secretary | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 1 |
Correspondence
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