EFRA

Alistair Carmichael named new Environment Select Committee chair

Politics

Alistair Carmichael named new Environment Select Committee chair

Lib Dem MP for Orkney and Shetland confirmed as chair of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs Select Committee after standing unopposed, as MPs prepare to vote on wider committee appointments

clock 10 September 2024 • 3 min read
Clear as mud: Government strategy to improve soil health lacks clarity, MPs warn

Policy

Clear as mud: Government strategy to improve soil health lacks clarity, MPs warn

EFRA committee questions government response to calls to put soil health on the same policy footing as water and air quality

clock 22 March 2024 • 3 min read
Study: Woodland visits save UK £185m in mental health costs each year

Biodiversity

Study: Woodland visits save UK £185m in mental health costs each year

Landmark government-funded research attempts to quantify mental health treatment savings generated by trees and woodlands

clock 06 December 2021 • 2 min read

Policy

'Lacks ambition': MPs urge government to step up efforts to tackle air pollution

Latest report from the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee warns the UK's current strategy to combat air pollution needs to be beefed up

clock 10 February 2021 • 3 min read

Risk

'Floods are here to stay': MPs slam government's flood defence planning

UK flood defence plans once again called into question, as Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) committee calls for clear targets and long-term budget for resilience

clock 08 February 2021 • 4 min read

Policy

Green Brexit: Fears rise over 'back-door regression' on environmental standards

Key review measures have been stripped from most of the EU green laws transferred onto UK statute books, study suggests

clock 12 May 2020 • 8 min read

Legislation

'Significant regression': MPs blast government's post-Brexit environmental protection plans

Draft Environment Bill sets out worse environmental and climate change safeguards for UK than current EU policy, EFRA committee warns

clock 30 April 2019 • 8 min read

Risk

MPs to water industry: Plug 'shocking' water leakage to combat drought risk

Parliament's EFRA Committee publishes report on water industry regulation, calling for firms to be given more powers to roll out smart meters

clock 08 October 2018 • 4 min read

Politics

'Little evidence' of bold action: MPs again slam government air quality efforts

Government response to joint committee report on air quality fails to allay MPs' concerns over public health impact of air pollution

clock 19 June 2018 • 3 min read

Legislation

Super inquiry launched by Parliament into air pollution crisis

'Unprecedented' move sees four Parliamentary committees team up to scrutinise government action to clean up Britain's toxic air

clock 21 March 2017 • 2 min read