I am grateful for everything the Minister has said. I did ask—I do not know whether he specifically addressed this point—whether there will be a general non-regression clause in the environment Bill. He has talked about there being legally binding targets for improvements in some areas. I understand all of that—the Government will have improvements on air or water quality or whatever it might be—but the great advantage of a generalised principle of non-regression is that it applies to everything: not just the Government’s priorities today but the things that are not sexy today and that might be on the back burner. It encompasses everything, and I am not sure whether the Minister has given me that reassurance. Maybe it was buried away in his script, but it would be helpful if he could say it again.
European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 15 January 2020.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill.
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