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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Sun Oct 11, 2020, 05:17 AM Oct 2020

Britain set to be left without environment watchdog when Brexit transition period ends

Britain is set to be left without an environment watchdog to replace the EU's at the end of the Brexit transition period, because of government "dither and delay" over legislation.

Ministers' flagship Environment Bill was supposed to establish a new enforcement structure for environmental regulations in time for the end of December, when EU rules stop applying.

But repeated delays to the legislation mean there is no longer enough parliamentary time for the bill to pass into law before 1 January – leaving a gaping chasm in environmental enforcement.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-environment-eu-transition-period-boris-johnson-b938281.html]

That is what Global Britain looks like. A dirty, disgruntled place bringing a smile to the faces of the polluters, the factory farmers, the fly-tippers the land over. So much winning...
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Britain set to be left without environment watchdog when Brexit transition period ends (Original Post) Soph0571 Oct 2020 OP
Brexit seems to be working out swimmingly...... Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #1
Thatcherism taken to a new, lower level KatyMan Oct 2020 #2
Can't a Czar be appointed appointed? Cosmo Blues Oct 2020 #3
Incompetent twerps and no backup. Great. LeftishBrit Oct 2020 #4

Cosmo Blues

(2,765 posts)
3. Can't a Czar be appointed appointed?
Sun Oct 11, 2020, 12:36 PM
Oct 2020

I realized who would have to appoint them but it could be a stopgap measure before legislation is approved

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