Dame Glenys Stacey, Chair of the OEP, said: “We have found that Government is largely off track to meet the environmental ambitions as set out in the EIP. We welcome a rapid review of the EIP to make sure it can drive environmental protection and improvement at the scale and pace that is needed to address deeply concerning trends, and with the transparency that the sector and others need in order to fully play their part. We look forward to contributing to this review, and will continue to focus on the need for robust delivery plans and effective implementation.
“We also note the publication of Defra’s Annual Progress Report today. We will consider this in detail as we prepare our own annual EIP progress report, which will be published in January.”
