Environment Bill: Full NFU briefing for members

• Establish a new, independent environment body, the Office for Environmental Protection
• Create a statutory framework for environmental principles
• Put the 25 Year Environment Plan on a statutory footing
• Set out the meaning of 'environmental law'.

The full Environment Bill, which may include environmental targets but also cover ambitions for air, wildlife, water and waste, is expected to be published at the start of the second Parliamentary session in May/June 2019.  

The NFU has published a briefing which summarises:  

• Key aspects of the draft Bill
• Our written submission to the EFRA Committee and Environmental Audit Committee pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Bill
• Our views on where the full Bill should seek to improve environmental legislation
• Our position on environmental targets.