Last week Peers were joined by experts from the water sector for a briefing on the drivers of water pollution, the wider regulatory landscape and how measures proposed in the Water (Special Measures) Bill , could be improved.   Whilst recognising that the Bill is part of a broader process to address water pollution and regulatory failures through a government review, contributors outlined a number of proposals to strengthen provisions in the Bill.    Peers heard that more can

A group of cross-party Peers urged the Government to integrate UK climate and nature targets into the work of the body responsible for the UK’s seabed during the second reading of the Crown Estate Bill in the House of Lords . The Bill aims to reform the Crown Estate by providing it with new powers to borrow and invest in activities which the Government says  will support wider departmental objectives, such as expanding renewable offshore wind energy and port infrastructure.

Members of the House of Lords were successful in their attempts to table Private Members Bills (PMBs) which would improve our environmental legislation in the forthcoming session of Parliament.   Several Peers for the Planet Peers, including Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick, Lord Krebs and Lord Harries of Pentregarth were successful in the ballot which was drawn on Friday 19 July . The result means, cross-party peers will have several opportunities outside of the Government's