Today Defra has published its draft Environment (Principles and Governance) Bill. The RSPB is not impressed.
The RSPB’s Director of Conservation, Martin Harper said, ‘We welcome the steps taken by Government to give the proposed green watchdog more teeth; but it still falls short of the body we will need if we are to fill the gap in environmental protections left by Brexit; nor will the bill as drafted make good on Theresa May’s promise to improve the condition of the natural world. As Ministers scramble to prepare for a no-deal Brexit that would put our wildlife even further at risk, many of their key proposals, including a binding duty to secure the recovery of nature, remain in the form of policy promises, not law. Until this is remedied, the idea of a green Brexit will remain an elusive dream.’.
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Can anyone point me to the statement by Martin Harper? Perhaps it is only to be found here. I didn’t respond to the consultation on the bill, if there was one available to individuals.
The bill is a mere shadow of what is required Brexit or not.
They can’t be trusted with anything. Let alone our environment.