Office for Environmental Protection Debate
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Lord Randall of Uxbridge
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Lord Gardiner of Kimble
My Lords, at this stage we think that between 60 and 120 people will run the OEP. What the noble Baroness says is important. Clearly, we have the Committee on Climate Change. We expect the OEP and the CCC to build on statutory requirements to develop a strong working relationship, which will be formalised through a memorandum of understanding once the OEP is operational. We expect the majority of legislation concerning climate change mitigation to fall within the OEP’s remit.
Lord Randall of Uxbridge (Con)
My Lords, can my noble friend the Minister confirm that decisions made by the Office for Environmental Protection will capture all public bodies?
Lord Gardiner of Kimble
Yes. The intention is very much for this to go beyond what we had with the EU’s oversight. This will be with our domestic legal arrangements. This will concern public authorities, be they arm’s-length bodies or local authorities. The important point about our domestic system is that we will be able to locate and rectify and that, through its enforcement options, it will be able to rectify what needs to be rectified.