Environment Bill 2019-19 Alert Sample


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Environment Bill 2019-19 mentioned

Calendar
Friday 10th May 2024
Baroness Young of Hornsey (Crossbench - Life peer)

Legislation - Main Chamber
Subject: Commercial Orangisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill - second reading
Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL] 2023-24 View calendar


Parliamentary Debates
Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL]
21 speeches (7,484 words)
2nd reading
Friday 10th May 2024 - Lords Chamber
Department for Business and Trade
Artificial Light and Noise: Effects on Human Health (Science and Technology Committee Report)
25 speeches (14,635 words)
Thursday 9th May 2024 - Grand Committee
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Randall of Uxbridge (Con - Life peer) Perhaps we can learn something from that.I tried making amendments along these lines to the Environment - Link to Speech

Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024
11 speeches (4,067 words)
Monday 15th April 2024 - Lords Chamber
Department for Business and Trade
Mentions:
1: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) Back in 2021, when the Government stripped out the last of our amendments on stopping sewage in the Environment - Link to Speech

Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) Bill
117 speeches (23,029 words)
Friday 22nd March 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Transport
Mentions:
1: Fleur Anderson (Lab - Putney) We need this robust action for the sake of our health and children.Both in this Chamber and on the Environment - Link to Speech

Pollution in Rivers and Regulation of Private Water Companies
35 speeches (18,071 words)
Thursday 29th February 2024 - Lords Chamber
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Mentions:
1: Baroness Harris of Richmond (LD - Life peer) The Liberal Democrats put down an amendment to the Environment Bill that would have placed a legal duty - Link to Speech

Water and Sewage Companies: Directors’ Remuneration
19 speeches (7,319 words)
Thursday 22nd February 2024 - Lords Chamber
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Mentions:
1: Viscount Stansgate (Lab - Excepted Hereditary) pleasant.Shortly after I arrived in the House, having been elected, I found myself listening to debates on the Environment - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Tuesday 14th May 2024
Written Evidence - Coalition to End Forced Labour in the Uyghur Region
MSA0064 - Modern Slavery Act 2015

Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee

Found: of Lords, titled the Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment

Tuesday 14th May 2024
Written Evidence - Stamp Out Slavery, Stamp Out Slavery, Stamp Out Slavery, and Mr Ben Douglas-Jones C.Env.Cln KC
MSA0052 - Modern Slavery Act 2015

Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee

Found: We support the aims of the Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment

Tuesday 14th May 2024
Written Evidence - Stop Uyghur Genocide
MSA0060 - Modern Slavery Act 2015

Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee

Found: The Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill, recently

Tuesday 14th May 2024
Written Evidence - Achilles Information Limited
MSA0053 - Modern Slavery Act 2015

Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee

Found: Young of Hornsey, the Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment

Tuesday 14th May 2024
Written Evidence - Queen's University Belfast
MSA0050 - Modern Slavery Act 2015

Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee

Found: RECENT LEGISLATION 4 (a) The Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment

Thursday 2nd May 2024
Correspondence - Letter from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, related to Defra’s consultation on Electrical waste: reforming the producer responsibility system, dated 23 April 2024

Environmental Audit Committee

Found: The Environment Bill became the Enviro nment Act 2021, prov iding us with additional legislative options



Written Answers
Cocoa: Agriculture
Asked by: Holly Lynch (Labour - Halifax)
Thursday 4th April 2024

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that smallholder cocoa farmers will not be faced with additional costs when the deforestation requirements of the Environment Bill 2021 come into force.

Answered by Rebecca Pow - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The UK recognises the importance of promoting sustainable trade and development alongside action to prevent deforestation. We will continue working with producer countries to ensure that their views inform the Government’s delivery of the forthcoming Forest Risk Commodities scheme, including in respect of smallholder farmers of cocoa and other commodities.  The UK will also provide support to help countries to adapt to the new requirements, and benefit from the opportunities which this presents to increase trade in legally-produced commodities. This includes funding a new ten-year £500m phase of the UK’s Investments in Forests and Sustainable Land Use programme, which work with the private sector to mobilise investment into legal and sustainable commodity production; and provide support to smallholder farmers and poor rural communities who are most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The UK is committed to scaling up this work in future.



Parliamentary Research
Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL]: HL Bill 17 of 2023–24 - LLN-2024-0021
Apr. 29 2024

Found: Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL]: HL Bill

Freshwater habitat restoration - POST-PN-0709
Jan. 17 2024

Found: condition .32 Statutory targets related to the strategy will be introduced via the upcoming Natural Environment



Bill Documents
Apr. 29 2024
Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL]: HL Bill 17 of 2023–24
Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL] 2023-24
Briefing papers

Found: Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL]: HL Bill



National Audit Office
May. 17 2024
Report - Implementing statutory biodiversity net gain (PDF)

Found: In its response, it stated that government would make provision in the Environment Bill to set a transition

Mar. 28 2024
wider environmental goals (PDF)

Found: October 2019 Environment Bill introduced to Parliament.



Department Publications - News and Communications
Saturday 11th May 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Source Page: Battle against pests and pathogens stepped up with new funding for national tree health laboratory
Document: England Trees Action Plan 2021-2024 (PDF)

Found: Bill targets, expected in early 2022 to help meet our commitments on climate change and biodiversity



Non-Departmental Publications - News and Communications
May. 11 2024
Forest Research
Source Page: Battle against pests and pathogens stepped up with new funding for national tree health laboratory
Document: England Trees Action Plan 2021-2024 (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Bill targets, expected in early 2022 to help meet our commitments on climate change and biodiversity




Environment Bill 2019-19 mentioned in Scottish results


Scottish Select Committee Publications
Thursday 28th March 2024
Correspondence - Letter from the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, 28 March 2024
Publication of a consultation on the Scottish Government's commitment to protect 30% of Scotland's land for nature by 2030

Inquiry: Scottish Biodiversity Strategy
Committee: Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Found: consultation relates solely to some limited proposals for provisions to be included in the Natural Environment

Monday 18th March 2024
Report - This report sets out the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee's consideration of the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1.
Stage 1 report on the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Found: reform bill, Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill, forestry grants, the proposed natural environment

Monday 18th March 2024
Report - This report sets out the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee's consideration of the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1.
Stage 1 report on the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Found: reform bill, Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill, forestry grants, the proposed natural environment

Thursday 29th February 2024
Correspondence - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Wellbeing Economy, Net Zero and Energy, 29 February 2024
Breakdown of ministerial responsibilities relevant to the Committee's remit

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Found: Scheme & Waste Issues • Zero Waste Scotland • Nature Recovery Targets (including Natural Environment

Thursday 8th February 2024
Correspondence - Letter to the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, 8 February 2024
Scottish Biodiversity Strategy (draft Delivery Plan)

Inquiry: Scottish Biodiversity Strategy
Committee: Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Found: Finally, a future Natural Environment Bill must provide legal back -up for commitments made in the strategy

Friday 5th January 2024
Correspondence - Submission from Jack Beadle, RSPB Scotland, 5 January 2024
Scottish Biodiversity Strategy (draft Delivery Plan)

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Found: It also critically depends on the Natural Environment Bill in 2024 and how, in particular, legally binding

Friday 22nd December 2023
Correspondence - Submission from Nathan Bryceland, Scottish Land and Estates, 22 December 2023
Scottish Biodiversity Strategy (draft Delivery Plan)

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Found: : 22/12/2023 SCOTLAND’S STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR BIODIVERSITY Ahead of next year’s Natural Environment

Tuesday 19th December 2023
Correspondence - Submission from Sarah Cowie, National Farmers Union (NFU) Scotland, 19 December 2023
Scottish Biodiversity Strategy (draft Delivery Plan)

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Found: To achieve the targets that will come through the Natural Environment Bill, and for the Agriculture

Tuesday 19th December 2023
Correspondence - Submission from Daniel Paris, Scottish Environment LINK, 19 December 2023
Scottish Biodiversity Strategy (draft Delivery Plan)

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Found: of nature in Scotland’ sets out robust proposals for nature targets to be included in the Natural Environment

Tuesday 5th December 2023
Correspondence - Submission from Candice Hale, Operations Manager, Salmon Scotland, 5 December 2023
Scottish Biodiversity Strategy (draft Delivery Plan)

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Found: HPMAs, what is propose d in the current Biodiversity Strategy (National Park Act amendments, Natural Environment

Sunday 3rd December 2023
Correspondence - Submission from Elspeth Macdonald, Chief Executive, Scottish Fishermen's Federation, 3 December 2023
Scottish Biodiversity Strategy (draft Delivery Plan)

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Found: there is much detail yet to follow, including the Accountability Framework in the proposed Natural Environment



Scottish Cross Party Group Publications
Minutes of the meeting held on 26 September 2023 (PDF)
Source Page: Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Rural Policy
Published: 26th Sep 2023

Found: recovery plans, climate change plans, upcoming land use and agriculture targets, as well as the Natural Environment

Minutes of the meeting held on 6 June 2023 (PDF)
Source Page: Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Rural Policy
Published: 6th Jun 2023

Found: Rebekah emphasi sed the need to mainstream these messages across policies like the Natural Environment



Scottish Government Publications
Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Environment and Forestry Directorate
Source Page: Meeting our '30 by 30' commitment on Terrestrial and Freshwater sites: Consultation on legislative proposals
Document: Meeting our ‘30 by 30’ biodiversity commitment on Terrestrial and Freshwater sites : Consultation on legislative proposals (PDF)

Found: which will set out the actions we need to take to achieve that vision; and • The proposed Natural Environment

Friday 22nd March 2024
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Source Page: Agriculture Reform Implementation Oversight Board minutes: 8 December 2023
Document: Agriculture Reform Implementation Oversight Board minutes: 8 December 2023 (webpage)

Found: outcomes; Part 2 is the delivery plan which details how we will get there; and Part 3 is the Natural Environment

Wednesday 13th March 2024
External Affairs Directorate
Source Page: Minister for Energy attendance at the Arctic Circle conference in Reykjavik in October 2023: FOI release
Document: FOI 202300381920 - Information Released - Documents (PDF)

Found: • We have committed to introduce a Natural Environment Bill.

Tuesday 12th March 2024
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Source Page: Rural Affairs and Islands Committee on 27 September 2023: EIR release
Document: FOI 202300378332 - Information Released - Doc 1 (PDF)

Found: • Deer will be included in the Natural Environment Bill and changes to wider deer legislation will

Wednesday 14th February 2024
Environment and Forestry Directorate
Source Page: Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity attendance at Rural Affairs and Islands Committee: FOI release
Document: FOI 202300375984 - Information Released - Briefing (PDF)

Found: Deer will be included in the Natural Environment Bill. The Deer (Firearms etc.)

Tuesday 6th February 2024
Digital Directorate
Source Page: Information on the CivTech programme: FOI Review
Document: Annex A (Excel)

Found: investment into nature recovery, in line with the Scottish Government’s Biodiversity Strategy and Natural Environment

Wednesday 31st January 2024
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Culture and Major Events Directorate
Economic Development Directorate
International Trade and Investment Directorate
Population Health Directorate
Safer Communities Directorate
Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
Social Care and National Care Service Development
Source Page: Public Consultation: Scottish National Adaptation Plan (2024 – 2029)
Document: Draft Scottish National Adaptation Plan (2024-2029) (PDF)

Found: supported by a framework for statutory nature restoration targets which will be set out in a new Natural Environment

Wednesday 31st January 2024
Environment and Forestry Directorate
Source Page: The Environment Strategy for Scotland. Delivering the Environment Strategy Outcome on Scotland's Economy: Evidence Base & Policy Levers
Document: The Environment Strategy For Scotland Delivering The Environment Strategy Outcome On Scotland’s Economy: Evidence Base And Policy Levers (PDF)

Found: success: introducing mechanisms for mainstreaming biodiversity across SG policies (e.g. via Natural Environment

Wednesday 31st January 2024
Environment and Forestry Directorate
Source Page: The Environment Strategy for Scotland. Driving the transition to a Nature Positive Economy: a synthesis of policy levers for governments
Document: The Environment Strategy for Scotland - Driving the transition to a Nature Positive Economy: A Synthesis of Policy levers for Governments (PDF)

Found: Landmark Environment Bill strengthened to halt biodiversity loss by 2030 . Defra.

Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Environment and Forestry Directorate
Source Page: Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity’s briefing and speaking notes (19 January): EIR review
Document: EIR - 2023000347055 - Annex A (PDF)

Found: We will lay the groundwork for the introduction of statutory targets and the Natural Environment Bill

Monday 22nd January 2024
External Affairs Directorate
Source Page: First Minister meetings and engagements: FOI release
Document: FOI 202300386069 - Information Released - Annex B to Annex G (PDF)

Found: linked legislation of the: • Good Food Nation Bill (recently passed); • Land Reform Bill; • Nature Environment

Monday 15th January 2024
Marine Directorate
Source Page: Briefing notes for Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Net Zero and Just Transition Committee: EIR release
Document: B TNZJT coordination - Cabinet Secretary for Transport Net Zero and Just Transition - Appearance at Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee - 27 June 2023_for release (PDF)

Found: • A Natural Environment bill to be introduced to parliament next year will include powers to establish

Monday 15th January 2024
Marine Directorate
Source Page: Briefing notes for Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Net Zero and Just Transition Committee: EIR release
Document: E Additional Committee briefing 27 June 2023_For release (PDF)

Found: Natural Environment Bill • The Scottish Government is committed to introducing a Natural Environment

Monday 15th January 2024
Marine Directorate
Source Page: Briefing notes for Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Net Zero and Just Transition Committee: EIR release
Document: F Cab Sec TNZJT - Committee 270623 - Speaking note draft_For release (PDF)

Found: why this summer we will be setting out Scotland's biodiversity framework and plans for a Natural Environment



Scottish Written Answers
S6W-26938
Asked by: Lennon, Monica (Scottish Labour - Central Scotland)
Tuesday 7th May 2024

Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce its proposed Natural Environment Bill before January 2025. 

Answered by McAllan, Màiri - Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Net Zero and Just Transition

As set out in the 2021-22 Programme for Government, the Scottish Government is committed to “Introduce a Natural Environment Bill, putting in place key legislative changes and statutory targets to restore and protect nature” before the end of the current parliamentary term.

Future legislative programmes will be announced in relevant Programmes for Government in the usual way. Meantime, we continue to take action to deliver nature restoration through, for example, our £65 million Nature Restoration Fund, which has already committed nearly £40 million since 2021.

S6W-26463
Asked by: Boyack, Sarah (Scottish Labour - Lothian)
Thursday 18th April 2024

Question

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made towards the commitment to protect 30% of land and sea for nature by 2030.

Answered by Slater, Lorna - Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity

Achieving the commitment to protect 30% of land and sea for nature by 2030 (30 by 30 commitment) is a key component in our ambition to halt biodiversity loss by 2030 and substantially restore it by 2045. The target has already been achieved at sea with the suite of Marine Protected Areas. On land, our existing protected areas cover 18.2% of Scotland. It is envisaged that the 30 by 30 commitment will be achieved on land by improving the condition of existing, as well as creating new, protected areas, alongside developing a network of ‘Other Effective [area-based] Conservation Measures’ (OECMs).

Our 2023 consultation on Scotland’s Strategic Framework for Biodiversity included a draft policy framework on our 30 by 30 commitment, which was co-designed with over 100 organisations and individuals representing a diverse range of interests. We are considering responses from that consultation, which will inform the final framework to be published later this year.

A further consultation, to gather views on whether the legislative framework for our current protected areas needs to be strengthened, was launched on 3 April and will run until 24 May 2024. It can be accessed at: https://consult.gov.scot/environment-forestry/meeting-our-30-by-30-commitment-a-consultation/ . This will inform any requirements within the Natural Environment Bill.

A stakeholder group convened by NatureScot will help develop the OECM criteria which sites must meet to be considered within the ‘30 by 30’ network. This work is being carried out in parallel, and in discussion with, the other UK administrations to ensure a degree of consistency of approach.



Scottish Parliamentary Research (SPICe)
Key Issues for Session 6 - 2023 Update
Wednesday 29th November 2023
This briefing has been produced by researchers in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe). It provides updates on some of the key issues SPICe identified as likely to be of particular interest at the start of Session 6 along with a number of new policy issues that have emerged since May 2021.The briefing is intended to assist MSPs and their staff, who are encouraged to
View source webpage

Found: protecting 30% of land and sea by 2030 ('30 by30’) The Strategy is expected to be followed by a Natural Environment

Scottish Parliament Statistics 2021-2022
Tuesday 28th November 2023

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Found: Protection from Seizure) Bill; Economic Crime (T ransparency and Enforcement) Bill; Elections Bill; Environment

The Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill
Friday 24th November 2023
The Scottish Government introduced the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill in September 2023. The bill gives Scottish Ministers the powers to develop a new package of rural policy and support. This briefing includes an explanation of what the bill does, as well as background information on rural policy development to date.
View source webpage

Found: •A natural environment bill. •A revised Climate Change Plan (must be in place by March 2025).

Scottish Parliament Statistics 2020-2021
Friday 28th October 2022

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Found: Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill; Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill; Environment

Environmental Fiscal Measures for Scotland:
Monday 28th February 2022
This research was commissioned by SPICe on behalf of the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee in Session 5. The report aims to support consideration, in the Scottish Parliament and more broadly by policy-makers, of environmental fiscal measures in Scotland. It explains a range of different types of environmental fiscal measures that may be
View source webpage

Found: Bill and next Biodiversity strategy .

Alignment with EU law and the Continuity Act
Friday 29th October 2021
This briefing has been prepared for MSPs and Scottish Parliament committees to support their scrutiny of the Scottish Government's commitment to ensure continued alignment with EU law "where appropriate" and to support scrutiny of the draft policy statement and draft annual report which are statutory requirements of the UK Withdrawal from the European Union
View source webpage

Found: The Committee notes the UK Environment Bill, as introduced, requires the UK Government to lay a report

Addressing the nature crisis: COP15 and the global post-2020 Biodiversity Framework
Monday 11th October 2021
This briefing provides an introduction to biodiversity loss - the 'nature crisis' happening both in Scotland and globally. It outlines international approaches to address the nature crisis, notably the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and its upcoming 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) where a new global biodiversity governance framework, goals and targets for the
View source webpage

Found: An amendment to the UK Environment Bill undergoing scrutiny in the UK Parliament acknowledges this in

Environment: Subject Profile
Thursday 19th August 2021
This briefing provides an overview of environmental policy and governance in Scotland - including information on key legislation, responsibilities and forthcoming areas of policy development across different subject areas. It is designed to provide Members of the Scottish Parliament with a broad overview of environmental policy and regulation at the beginning of session
View source webpage

Found: TheUK Environment Bill sets out shared delegated powers to regulate on producer responsibility and resource

Animal health and welfare - Subject Profile
Thursday 19th August 2021
This briefing provides an overview of animal welfare and animal health policy in Scotland. It outlines key legislation, roles and responsibilities, and topical issues for domestic animals, wildlife, and farmed animals ahead of Session 6 of the Scottish Parliament.
View source webpage

Found: This is similar to the approach taken to some areas of post-EU exit regulation in the UK Environment

UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Bill - Stage 3
Tuesday 15th December 2020
This briefing reviews the progress of Part 2 of the UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Bill which includes provisions on post EU-exit environmental principles and governance. The briefing looks at the scrutiny of the Bill in the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee at Stage 1, issues raised in the Committee report, and at
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Found: executively devolved powers, or where UK Ministers act in devolved areas e.g. using powers in the UK Environment

Trade Agreements and their Potential Impact on Environmental Protection
Friday 4th September 2020
Trade agreements may interact with environmental protection as a result of differences in standards and measures to protect the environment between trading partners. This briefing outlines differing environmental protection measures and their interactions with potential trade agreements, and discusses Scottish environmental protection in the context of the UK's
View source webpage

Found: can be found in the SPICe briefings, Environmental Governance in Scotland after EU Exit and The UK Environment

Issue 12: EU-UK Future Relationship Negotiations
Wednesday 26th August 2020
Following the UK's departure from the EU, the negotiations to determine the future relationship began on 2 March 2020. Over the course of the negotiations, SPICe will publish briefings outlining the key events, speeches and documents published. This briefing reports on Round 7 and prospects for the future talks, alongside updates on Brexit-related legislation at the Scottish
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Found: LCMs are also lodged for the Environment Bill , the Immigration and Social Security Co- ordination (EU

UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Bill - Part 2
Thursday 6th August 2020
The UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Bill was introduced on 18 June 2020 by Michael Russell MSP the Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, Europe and External Affairs. The Bill provides that Scots law can continue to align with EU law after 31 December 2020; introduces guiding principles on the environment into Scots law; requires that
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Found: Arrangements elsewhere in the UK are also under development, including through the UK Environment Bill

Issue 11: EU-UK Future Relationship Negotiations
Thursday 23rd July 2020
Following the UK's departure from the EU, the negotiations to determine the future relationship began on 2 March 2020. Over the course of the negotiations, SPICe will publish briefings outlining the key events, speeches and documents published. This briefing tracks the negotiation's progress during July 2020 and the UK's preparations for leaving the single market and customs
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Found: Parliament ____________________________________ 20 ECCLR committee report on legislative consent for the UK Environment

The UK Environment Bill
Thursday 28th May 2020
The Environment Bill is an extensive UK Government Bill containing provisions on post EU-Exit environmental governance and environmental principles, and a range of environmental targets and provisions across policy areas including waste, water, air quality and chemicals. This briefing provides a summary of the Bill, focusing on the clauses which apply in Scotland and their
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Found: The UK Environment Bill

Issue 3: EU-UK future relationship negotiations
Thursday 26th March 2020
Following the UK's departure from the EU, the negotiations to determine the future relationship began on 2 March 2020. Over the course of the negotiations, SPICe will publish briefings outlining the key events, speeches and documents published. This third briefing covers developments following the first round of negotiations, including in the context of the COVID-19
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Found: The UK Government published the Environment Bill on 30 January 2020, the reintroduction of a UK Government

Environmental Governance in Scotland after EU Exit
Thursday 9th January 2020
This briefing considers the implications of EU exit for environmental governance in Scotland. It reviews the state of play and outstanding environmental governance issues in preparation for EU exit.
View source webpage

Found: In the meantime, the Queen’ s Speech of December 2019 announced the introduction of an Environment Bill

UK Fisheries Bill
Monday 17th December 2018
This briefing considers the UK Fisheries Bill from a Scottish perspective. The Bill was introduced to the House of Commons on 25 October 2018. It will provide the legal framework for the UK to operate as an independent coastal state after the UK has left the European Union and the Common Fisheries Policy. Many parts of the Bill apply in Scotland. There is debate as to whether some
View source webpage

Found: As things stand, this Bill is opaque about how the forthcoming environment Bill will protect our marine



Scottish Parliamentary Debates
Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
284 speeches (210,960 words)
Wednesday 8th May 2024 - Committee
Mentions:
1: Whitham, Elena (SNP - Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) read-across over all policy areas to that end.The Scottish Government has proposed to introduce a natural environment - Link to Speech

First Minister
24 speeches (52,075 words)
Tuesday 7th May 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Slater, Lorna (Green - Lothian) The proposed natural environment bill would have created new protections and legislative tools to help - Link to Speech

Continued Petitions
119 speeches (82,222 words)
Wednesday 17th April 2024 - Committee
Mentions:
1: Carlaw, Jackson (Con - Eastwood) included in the fourth national planning framework.In preparation for the introduction of the natural environment - Link to Speech
2: Baillie, Jackie (Lab - Dumbarton) bill, to deal with strengthening TPOs.Secondly, I bring to the committee’s attention a Royal Society - Link to Speech

Environmental Governance
130 speeches (85,800 words)
Tuesday 5th March 2024 - Committee
Mentions:
1: Dunbar, Jackie (SNP - Aberdeen Donside) How do you expect to engage in the legislative development of the proposed natural environment bill? - Link to Speech

Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
219 speeches (116,231 words)
Wednesday 21st February 2024 - Committee
Mentions:
1: Gougeon, Mairi (SNP - Angus North and Mearns) relation to emissions reduction, and we know that that is also being considered through the natural environment - Link to Speech
2: Gougeon, Mairi (SNP - Angus North and Mearns) targets in relation to emissions reduction and the targets that are being looked at through the natural environment - Link to Speech

Portfolio Question Time
49 speeches (26,396 words)
Thursday 18th January 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Golden, Maurice (Con - North East Scotland) It is welcome that statutory nature restoration targets are being considered as part of the natural environment - Link to Speech

Scottish Biodiversity Strategy (Draft Delivery Plan)
160 speeches (115,266 words)
Tuesday 9th January 2024 - Committee
Mentions:
1: None bill, but we did not have the same process for the biodiversity framework, which includes the natural environment - Link to Speech
2: None bill, which is due later this year. - Link to Speech
3: None bill, and there is absolutely everything to play for in that respect. - Link to Speech



Scottish Government Consultations

Open Consultation: Meeting our '30 by 30' biodiversity commitment on terrestrial and freshwater sites: consultation on legislative proposals

Opened: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Closed: Friday 24th May 2024

Found: Plans which will set out the actions we need to take to achieve that vision; andThe proposed Natural Environment

Closed Consultation: Tackling the Nature Emergency: Consultation on Scotland’s Strategic Framework for Biodiversity

Opened: Thursday 7th September 2023
Closed: Thursday 14th December 2023

Found: Bill in the current parliament.

Closed Consultation: Scottish Biodiversity Strategy 2022

Opened: Monday 20th June 2022
Closed: Monday 12th September 2022

Found: will lead into the  development of rolling delivery plans and, through the introduction of a Natural Environment