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Parliament's record since 1997: debates, questions, statements, votes, bills, committees and members' interests

Where MPs Stand

Sourced briefings on the record of Parliament

The Future of the Natural Environment after the EU Referendum inquiry

Inquiry by the Environmental Audit Committee, 19 July 2016 to 2 May 2017. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 7 September 2016: Dr Thérèse Coffey, Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Mr Robin Walker, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Exiting the European Union
  • 11 October 2016: Dr Viviane Gravey, Lecturer in European Politics, Queen's University Belfast, Mr Stephen Trotter, Director for England, The Wildlife Trusts, Mr Martin Harper, Conservation Director, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), and Professor Carolyn Roberts, Vice-president, Institute of Environmental Sciences (IES); Mr George Dunn, Chief Executive, Tenant Farmer’s Association (TfA), Mr Patrick Begg, Rural Enterprises Director, National Trust, Mr Richard Quinn, Chief Executive, Farmcare Ltd, and Mr Tim Breitmeyer, Deputy President, Country, Land and Business Association (CLA) (at 11.00am).
  • 18 October 2016: Sir Charles Burrell, Chair, Rewilding Britain, Professor Richard Brazier, University of Exeter, Professor Sue Hartley, British Ecological Society, and Dr Keith Kirby, University of Oxford; Guy Smith, Vice President, National Farmers Union, Peter Melchett, Policy Director, Soil Association and Organic Research Centre, Murray Davidson, Association of Local Government Ecologists, and Sarah Fowler, Chief Executive, Peak District National Park (at 11.00am).
  • 25 October 2016: Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive, Environment Agency, Richard Greenhous, Director for Forestry Services, Forestry Commission, and Rob Cooke, Director of Biodiversity, Natural England; Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (at 12.15pm).