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Clause 24 - Guidance on the OEP’s enforcement policy and functions

Environment Bill – in the House of Commons at 4:46 pm on 20 October 2021.

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  • Division number 89
    A majority of MPs voted not to give the new environmental regulator, the Office for Environmental Protection, complete independence.

Motion made, and Question put, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 31.—(Rebecca Pow.)

Division number 89 Environment Bill — Clause 24 — Office for Environmental Protection — Independence

A majority of MPs voted not to give the new environmental regulator, the Office for Environmental Protection, complete independence.

Aye: 304 MPs

No: 179 MPs

Aye: A-Z by last name

Tellers

No: A-Z by last name

Tellers

Absent: 161 MPs

Absent: A-Z by last name

The House divided: Ayes 307, Noes 180.

Question accordingly agreed to.

Lords amendment 31 disagreed to.

Government amendments (a) and (b) made in lieu of Lords amendment 31.

Lords amendment 33 disagreed to.

Lords amendment 75 disagreed to.

Government amendments (a) and (b) made in lieu of Lords amendment 75.

Lords amendments 4 to 11, 13 to 27, 29, 30, 32, 34, 35, 64, 69 and 70 agreed to.