Professor Maria Lee and Richard Macrory give evidence to the House of Lords

The wide-ranging report gives a valuable overview of policy and legal challenges that will emerge over the next few years. It notes:

‘Policy stability will be critical during the process of, and in the immediate aftermath of, withdrawing from the EU to avoid the emergence of legislative gaps and avoidable uncertainties in the sphere of environmental protection. Once the UK has withdrawn from the EU, environment legislation and policy will be more vulnerable to short term and less predictable changes at a domestic level.’