Environment Bill Debate

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Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Antoinette Sandbach

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Business of the House
2nd reading: House of Commons & Money resolution: House of Commons & Ways and Means resolution: House of Commons
Monday 28th October 2019

(5 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Antoinette Sandbach Portrait Antoinette Sandbach (Eddisbury) (Ind)
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I would be grateful if the hon. Lady could confirm that she welcomes the ambition in the Bill to be the first generation to leave the environment in a better state than it inherited, but does she also agree that that means that the Bill should reflect a non-regression principle—in other words, that our environmental standards should not fall below what we currently have?

Baroness Hayman of Ullock Portrait Sue Hayman
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The hon. Lady makes an important point. I shall come to non-regression later.

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