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Assessment of EU/UK environmental policy inquiry

Inquiry

The Environmental Audit Committee held an inquiry to assess the extent to which EU environmental objectives and policies have succeeded in tackling environmental issues in the UK. This is to inform the debate ahead of the referendum on EU membership that the Government has committed to holding by the end of 2017, following a renegotiation of the UK’s terms of membership.

The inquiry first looked at the merits and drawbacks of determining environmental policy at an EU level for the UK and, secondly, looked at the implications of such policies on the UK environment. The Committee does not intend to examine the Common Agricultural Policy, owing to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ Committee’s ongoing work in this area.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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3rd Report - EU and UK Environmental Policy
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HC 537
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1st Special Report - EU and UK Environmental Policy: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report of Session 2015–16
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1st Special Report - EU and UK Environmental Policy: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report of Session 2015–16
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Oral evidence transcripts

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20 January 2016
Inquiry Assessment of EU/UK environmental policy inquiry
Witnesses Rory Stewart MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Energy and Climate Change, Tom Bastin, Head of the European Union and International Energy Efficiency Team, Robert Hitchen, Head of the Environment Team, European Union Strategy
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Oral Evidence
2 December 2015
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Witnesses Professor Maria Lee, Professor of EU Environmental Law, University College London, Dr Sebastian Oberthuer, Professor of Environment and Sustainable Development, Institute for European Studies, and Nigel Haigh, Honorary Fellow, Institute of European Environmental Policy.
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Oral Evidence
13 January 2016
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Witnesses Daniel Calleja Crespo, Director General for the Environment, European Commission, Astrid Schomaker, Director Strategy, Directorate General Environment, European Commission, and Sybille Grohs, Governance & Legal Issues, DG Environment, European Commission.
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Written evidence

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Marine Conservation Society (AEP0067)
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UKELA (AEP0066)
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Dr Charlotte Burns and Ms Viviane Gravey (AEP0027)
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