Formal minutes
Wednesday 18 July 2018
Members present.
Mary Creagh, in the Chair:
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Geraint Davies |
Kerry McCarthy |
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Mr Phillip Dunne |
Anna McMorrin |
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James Gray |
John McNally |
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Caroline Lucas |
Draft Report (The Government’s 25 Year Plan for the Environment), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
Paragraphs 1 to 143 read and agreed to.
Summary read.
Amendment proposed, at the end of the summary insert:
“We believe that leaving the European Union poses a potential threat to delivering the goals set out in the Government’s 25 Year Plan for the Environment; in terms of the risk of reduced standards, lower enforcement powers, the threats to common frameworks and regulatory oversight.”—(Geraint Davies)
Question put, That the Amendment be made
The Committee divided.
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Ayes, 4 |
Noes, 2 |
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Geraint Davies |
Mr Phillip Dunne |
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Caroline Lucas |
James Gray |
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Kerry McCarthy |
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John McNally |
Question accordingly agreed to.
Summary, as amended, agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Eighth Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That embargoed copies of the Report be made available, in accordance with the provisions of Standing Order No. 134.
[The Committee adjourned]
Published: 24 July 2018