{"id":17395,"date":"2017-11-28T16:04:27","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T16:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=17395"},"modified":"2017-11-27T16:47:05","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T16:47:05","slug":"environment-secretary-announces-new-environmental-protections-to-deliver-a-green-brexit-for-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=17395","title":{"rendered":"Environment Secretary announces new environmental protections to deliver a green Brexit for England"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/UK_Gov_Green_Brexit281117.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-17396\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/UK_Gov_Green_Brexit281117.png\" alt=\"UK Gov Green Brexit image\" width=\"250\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a>Plans to consult on a new, independent body that would hold Government to account for upholding environmental standards in England after leaving the European Union have been set out by Environment Secretary Michael Gove.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>DEFRA announces:<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 To help deliver a Green Brexit, ministers will consult on a new independent, statutory body to advise and challenge government and potentially other public bodies on environmental legislation \u2013 stepping in when needed to hold these bodies to account and enforce standards. A consultation on the specific powers and scope of the new body will be launched early next year\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/new-environmental-protections-to-deliver-a-green-brexit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plans to consult on a new, independent body that would hold Government to account for upholding environmental standards in England after leaving the European Union have been set out by Environment Secretary Michael Gove. Contains public sector information licensed under &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=17395\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17395"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17397,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17395\/revisions\/17397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}