We have had three Environment Secretaries in two years, and we have all been waiting for the famed environment plan for two and a half years. A 25-year environment plan will be a 22-year environment plan by the time it is actually published. What gives the right hon. Gentleman the confidence to assume that an environment Act, which would have to be underpinned by the environment plan, will be in place by the time we leave the EU, especially if we end up leaving without a transitional deal and crashing out in March 2019?
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Mary Creagh
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 15 November 2017.
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and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on European Union (Withdrawal) Bill.
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