Found: Hornsey introduced the Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill

Found: This resulted in significant improvements to the full Environment Bill and the design of the new oversight

Found: The statutory status afforded to it through the Environment Bill is quite significant and it is very

Found: The statutory status afforded to it through the Environment Bill is quite significant and it is very

Found: recommendation of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Report Committee in its report on the Environment Bill

Found: England The Westminster Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan (2018)84, and its Environment Bill,

Found: As part of this the Scottish Government has also committed to introduce a Natural Environment Bill to

Found: climate actions | 48 CA11: Active Habitat Management to increase resilience  “Through the Environment Bill

Found: for Farming, Nature for Climate Fund and Biosecurity, Borders and Trade Programme, and the Environment Bill

Found: The government’s Environment Bill (Parliament Environment Agency Introduction 11 Environment Agency11UK

Found: . © Natural England3 Environment Bill, to link to these incentives; so that the habitats we rebuild

Found: Union, 2024, link. 120 Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill

Found: Union, 2024, link. 120 Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill

Found: and this is informing the development of provisions that will be included within the Natural Environment Bill

Found: the approach to be taken for introducing statutory targets for nature recovery in the natural environment bill

Found: The Natural Environment Bill will include changes to the National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000 in order

Found: by stating that this organisation is ‘working with officials to consider whether the Natural Environment Bill

Found: 2024-25 Programme for Government, the Scottish Government committed to:“Bring forward a Natural Environment Bill

Found: Programme for Government, the Scottish Government committed to : “Bring forward a Natural Environment Bill

Found: Programme for Government, the Scottish Government committed to: “Bring forward a Natural Environment Bill

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

Found: proposed by the introduction of statutory nature restoration targets through the Natural Environment Bill

Found: introduction of statutory nature recovery targets, established by a framework in the Natural Environment Bill

Found: framework for responding to the biodiversity crisis includes the Strategy itself, the Natural Environment Bill

Found: The purpose of the enabling power in the Natural Environment Bill is to allow the Scottish Government

Found: Item 3- Extract from Natural Environment Bill Overview Briefing Material Public views • A ‘Scotland

Found: Strategy outcomes, and therefore meeting statutory nature targets to be set out in the Natural Environment Bill

Found: Issues discussed The following items were discussed: • Scottish Government’s proposed Natural Environment Bill

Found: Issues discussed The following items were discussed: • Scottish Government’s proposed Natural Environment Bill

Found: and this is informing the development of provisions that will be included within the Natural Environment Bill

Found: moment we cannot provide any details about National Parks provisions within the proposed Natural Environment Bill

Found: House Agreement, Scottish Green MSPs remain deeply concerned about the status of the Natural Environment Bill

Found: Plan which includes a comprehensive set of cross sectoral actions o The proposed Natural Environment Bill

Found: Plan which includes a comprehensive set of cross sectoral actions o The proposed Natural Environment Bill

Found: proposals to amend the National Parks legislation through provisions in the forthcoming Natural Environment Bill

Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its policy is on deer management and culling on land that it owns.

Answered by Fairlie, Jim - Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity

The Scottish Government is committed to modernising deer management to tackle high deer numbers, specifically in order to help us to achieve our biodiversity and carbon objectives. We continue to pursue a range of actions to deliver this commitment.

The Scottish Government’s future legislative programme has been set out as part of the 2024-25 Programme for Government. The Natural Environment Bill was introduced to parliament on 20 February 2025 and will bring forward significant reforms to the Deer (Scotland) Act 1996.

In addition to this we are working on the Deer Working Group recommendations that do not require primary legislation through the Strategic Deer Board.

Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS), is the executive agency which manages Scotland’s national forests and land. The majority of deer management on land owned by the Scottish Government on behalf of the nation is undertaken by FLS. Alongside land owned by the Scottish Government, public bodies also manage deer on public land they are responsible for. A number of these bodies are represented on the Strategic Deer Board.

Question

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to provide deer managers with clarity about the circumstances under which NatureScot might intervene on deer management issues under any new interventionist powers predicated on nature recovery.

Answered by Fairlie, Jim - Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity

As set out in the Programme for Government 2024-25: Serving Scotland the Natural Environment Bill will include provisions to modernise the way in which deer are managed in Scotland.

In January 2024 the Scottish Government consulted on a range of potential reforms to deer management Managing deer for climate and nature: Consultation, including the introduction of new powers designed to secure effective deer management that supports Scottish Government nature and climate objectives. In addition to the formal consultation, Ministers and officials have met with deer managers and their representatives to discuss issues arising from the consultation.

The circumstances in which any new intervention powers could be used will be set out on the face of the Bill and in the accompanying documents.

Found: The organisation had previously campaigned for the introduction of a Natural Environment Bill including

Found: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). 34The Clean Air Plan for Wales We will use the UK Environment Bill

Found: Cymru Clean Air Conference 2024,(Lyreco) o Senedd event: Tackling air pollution through the Environment Bill

Found: LCO & Measure40087.040786.02357.0Head of NRM Programme Office40787.041861.02357.0Head of the Environment Bill

Found: . a package of subordinate legislation is expected to be required to implement the historic environment Bill

Found: law: a package of subordinate legislation is expected to be required to implement the historic environment Bill

Found: develop the package of subordinate legislation expected to be required to implement the historic environment Bill

Found: Air (Wales) Bill..................................................................... 10 UK Environment Bill

Found: Firstly, as part of the consultation on the Environment Bill which took place between 23 October 2013

Found: Firstly, as part of the consultation on the Environment Bill which took place between 23 October 2013

Found: to enquire how the text of this Agreement is impacting on their proposals for a Westminster Environment Bill

Found: The Welsh Government’s Environment Bill aims to put in place a legislative framework around NRPF and

Found: develop the package of subordinate legislation expected to be required to implement the historic environment Bill

Found: Welsh Government Early 2021 Draft UK Environment Bill (Section 61) WR(3) We will commission

Found: Written Statement: UK Environment Bill (25 October 2021)

Found: Paragraph 2 of Schedule 11 to the UK Environment Bill amends the Environment Act 1995.

Found: Paragraph 2 of Schedule 12 to the UK Environment Bill amends the Environment Act 1995.

Found: packaging waste to incentivise more recyclable packaging Powers in the Government’s landmark Environment Bill

Found: In response to views expressed during the Environment Bill consultation and in subsequent discussion

Found: As with the proposals in the UK’s Environment Bill, it will be necessary to consider some definitions

Found: Whilst some preferred a UK-wide approach, the time constraints due to the timetable for the UK Environment Bill

Found: the development of the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act and ongoing engagement with the Environment Bill

Found: We note that during the passage of the Environment Bill the Welsh Government made clear that the WFG

Found: been developed following consultations in 2010 (A Living Wales), 2012 (Green Paper) and the Environment Bill

Found: We previously responded to the Welsh Government’s consultation on the Environment Bill where we raised

Found: damage to this Natura 2000 site and likely to be contrary to the Habitats Directive as well as Environment Bill

Found: infrastructure to treat commercial and industrial waste in line with the provisions of the Environment Bill

Found: This includes the proposed provisions in the Environment Bill to achieve more recycling by businesses

Found: Wales3 issued in May 2015  The Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act (2015)4  The Environment Bill

Found: amenity society’ as stated in paragraph 115 of the Memorandum accompanying the draft Heritage Environment Bill

Found: This terminology derives 13 from the Historic Environment Bill which is yet to receive Royal Assent

Found: 2.17 Based in part on the anticipated duties to be placed on Cadw emanating from the Historic Environment Bill

Found: and the ways in which these are linked to the requirements of other legislation such as the Environment Bill

Found: have brought forward through the Well-being of Future Generations Act, the Planning Act and the Environment Bill

Found: No Environment Bill proposals on additional requirements for separate collection, discouraging

Found: recycling requirement of Article 11 of the EU Waste Framework Directive and the proposals in the Environment Bill

Question

What assessment has the Welsh Government made of the impact the UK Environment Bill will have on the river systems, watercourses and coastal waters in and around Wales?

Answered by Minister for Climate Change

The Environment Act 2021 makes provision for drainage and wastewater plans to be put on a statutory footing in Wales.

It gives the Welsh Government powers to make regulations on the form and content of these plans, and we will be consulting with stakeholders on these during this Senedd Term.  These plans will help ensure water companies plan and invest strategically and transparently for a wastewater and treatment network that is resilient and affordable over both the long and short term, and to focus on nature based solutions to improve water quality.

In the meantime the water companies are preparing non statutory drainage and wastewater plans for public consultation next year using a framework agreed with the water industry, regulators and UK and devolved Governments via the 21st Century Drainage Programme, to improve long-term planning for drainage and wastewater management and make these services more resilient.

Question

What discussions has the Minister had with UK Government Ministers on UK-wide deposit return schemes?

Answered by Deputy Minister for Housing and Local Government

I met Ministers from Defra, the Scottish Government and the Northern Ireland Executive on 5 July 2018 to discuss our respective approaches to a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for drinks containers, including the merits of developing a UK-wide scheme.

This led to the joint consultation with the UK Government and the Northern Ireland Executive on the merits of introducing a DRS in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in 2019. 

Following the positive response to the consultation, with over 208,000 responses, we are continuing to work with the UK Government and Northern Ireland Executive on DRS. 

This includes work that has been undertaken to bring forward the powers that will allow Welsh Ministers to enact regulations to bring in a DRS. This has been included in the UK Environment Bill, which is currently being considered by the UK Parliament.

Found: and Rural Affairs (DAERA) officials developed a range of Northern Ireland provisions for the Environment Bill

Found: Scotland The Natural Environment Bill in Scotland In September 2023, the Scottish Government launched

Found: ping-pong’, and full details can be found in a House of Commons Library research briefing - Environment Bill

Found: Brexit: Research Briefing UK Government developments: implications for Wales ........ 17 The UK Environment Bill

Found: The Internal Market Act was granted Royal Assent and the Trade Bill and Environment Bill continued to

Found: The House of Commons completed scrutiny of the Environment Bill at committee stage on 26 November.

Found: Environment Bill Committee stage continues in the House of Commons, scheduled for 2 November to 1 December

Found: Brexit legislation continued to progress through Parliament, but proceedings on the Environment Bill

Found: Environment Bill The House of Commons Bill Committee is due to report on the Environment Bill by 29

Found: UK Environment Bill 2020-21

Found: ............................................................................... 15 4.3.c The Environment Bill

Found: Environment Bill 2019-21 A programme motion was tabled on 22 June in relation to the Environment Bill

Found: Environment Bill The Environment Bill, introduced on 31 January, reached committee stage in the House

Found: Prime Ministers questions .Brexit Update: Research Briefing 8 26 February: Second Reading of the Environment Bill

Found: Environment Bill The UK Government introduced the Environment Bill to the House of Commons on 30 January

Found: A new Environment Bill is also likely to include provisions within the Assembly’s competence.

Found: October: Debate on an Early Parliamentary General Election. 28 October: Second Reading of the Environment Bill

Found: Nature Conservation On 23 July the UK Government published an Environment Bill summer policy statement

Found: 2019: ƒ The Article 50 extension: Implications for environmental governance ƒ Extending the Environment Bill

Found: Brexit negotiations, February 2019 Other Brexit and the Environment academic network , Will the Environment Bill

Found: The UK Government is expected to lay its Environment Bill in September 2019.

Found: Conference fringe event on 30 September that there should be legally binding targets in the Environment Bill

Found: Liaison Committee the Prime Minister confirmed that the UK Government “would introduce an environment Bill

Found:  Fourth Assembly Communities, Equalities and Local Government Committee’s Historic Environment Bill