Mary Craegh
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MPs launch inquiry into disposable packaging
The Environmental Audit Committee is relaunching its predecessor’s inquiry into disposable coffee cups and plastic bottles. Fewer than one in 400 of the 2.5 billion single-use paper cups used every year are recycled. The MPs will therefore look at the… Read More
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MPs demand assurances over environment policy
A committee of MPs has demanded that the Government give assurances that it will maintain environmental protection measures currently guaranteed by EU law in the wake of Brexit. In a letter to the new Secretary of State for Exiting the… Read More
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Mary Creagh elected EAC chair
Labour MP Mary Creagh is the new chair of the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC). Her appointment follows the departure of Huw Irranca-Davies. Creagh, a former shadow environment secretary, is currently the party’s secretary for international development. “Thrilled to be elected… Read More