Does the Government have an adequate biodiversity policy?
31 October 2017
The Select Committee on the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 continues its inquiry with two evidence sessions. The sessions focus on how the 2006 Act and Natural England have fulfilled their respective roles in facilitating conservation and monitoring of biodiversity.
- Parliament TV: Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006
- Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006
Witnesses
Tuesday 31 October, Committee Room 1, Palace of Westminster
At 11.05am
- Chris Corrigan, Director, RSPB England
- Stephen Trotter, Director, England, The Wildlife Trusts
At 12.05pm
- Dr Jo Judge, Chief Executive, National Biodiversity Network
- Dr Stephanie Wray, President, Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management
Possible questions
- How might the Act be strengthened to ensure biodiversity protections are enhanced?
- How might it be possible to raise awareness of the biodiversity duty and its importance across the public sector more broadly?
- Has the difference in wording between the biodiversity duties in England, Scotland and Wales had an impact on the amount of biodiversity data that is collected in each nation, and how it is then used?
- Will new legal powers, or new structures, be needed to compensate for the loss of EU oversight for environmental protection as a result of Brexit?
Further information
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