Policy paper

Environment Bill 2019

Documents related to the 2019 Environment Bill. The Bill will bring into UK law environmental protections and recovery.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 15 October 2019

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

This publication was withdrawn on 30 January 2020

This information is out of date. The Environment Bill was re-introduced on 30 January 2020.

See the Environment Bill 2020

Documents

Environment Bill policy statement

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Details

This statement sets out how the Environment Bill will put the environment at the centre of policy making. It will make sure that we have a cleaner, greener and more resilient country for the next generation.

It includes details on:

• creating a new governance framework for the environment
• creating a framework for legally binding targets
• moving towards a circular resources and waste economy
• improving air quality
• securing our water services
• enhancing our green spaces
• updating laws on chemicals (REACH)

Published 15 October 2019