26 Sep 2023

The House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee has criticised the Government’s “lack of leadership and deep-rooted complacency” in the conclusion to its follow-up inquiry into Ofwat, the water industry and the role of Government. In a letter to Thérèse Coffey MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the cross-party committee has […]

22 Mar 2023

Under investment, insufficient government strategy, and inadequate co-ordination has resulted in a failure to “treat water with the care and importance it deserves”, warns Industry and Regulators Committee. The Industry and Regulators Committee has been investigating the regulation of the water industry, including looking at Ofwat’s performance in relation to its statutory duties, the investment […]

06 Jul 2021

Future of seaside towns: updated government response to the select committee report The updated response to the House of Lords Select Committee on the future of seaside towns at the request of the Chair of the Liaison Committee.  This is the updated government response to the House of Lords Select Committee report on regenerating seaside towns […]

16 Jan 2021

House of Lords Environment Committee: Access to UK fisheries post-Brexit Evidence Session – Minister Prentis gives evidence. The EU Environment Sub-Committee discussed the fishing aspects of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement with fishing Minister Victoria Prentis and other Government officials. The first panel involved representatives from the fishing regulators for Scotland and England: Marine Scotland, […]

03 Mar 2020

Greener UK – The House of Lords A ‘frame without a picture’: Peers scrutinise the Fisheries Bill Parliamentarians took their first opportunity to scrutinise the new version of the Fisheries Bill during the Lords second reading debate on 11 February. While most speakers agreed with our assessment that the bill offers much more than the […]

25 Feb 2020

Access to UK Fishing waters: What’s the deal? 12 February 2020 The EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee takes evidence from academics and fishing industry representatives  on how changes in access to UK fishing waters will affect the industry. Parliament TV: Access to UK fisheries post-Brexit EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee Witnesses Wednesday 12 February 2020, Committee […]

23 Jul 2019

Report: Fisheries: implementation and enforcement of the EU landing obligation (HTML) Report: Fisheries: implementation and enforcement of the EU landing obligation (PDF) Report : The EU fisheries landing obligation: six months on (HTML) Report: The EU fisheries landing obligation: six months on (PDF) Government response: Fisheries: implementation and enforcement of the EU landing obligation ( […]

28 May 2019

22 May 2019  Watch the Video The EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee takes evidence from the bodies responsible for enforcing fisheries legislation in England and Scotland. Report: Fisheries: implementation and enforcement of the EU landing obligation (HTML) Report: Fisheries: implementation and enforcement of the EU landing obligation (PDF) ( PDF 618 KB) Parliament TV: Implementation […]