Overview
Programme
10.00 – 10.10 Welcome and introduction – Lord Carnwath
Session 1 - Part 1 of the Environment Bill
10.10 – 10.15 Introduction by Chair – Professor Richard Macrory
10.15 – 10.45 Part 1 and the legal architecture of the new regulatory provisions – Professor Liz Fisher
10.45 – 11.15 Environmental ambition in UK Law and the Role of the OEP – Professor Eloise Scotford
11.15 – 11.40 The OEP and Environmental Review – Tim Buley QC
11.40 – 11.55 Q&A
11.55 – 12.10 Break
Session 2 - Aarhus Convention
12.10 – 12.15 Introduction by Chair – David Elvin QC
12.15 – 12.40 Aarhus: recent developments – James Maurici QC
12.40 – 12.50 Q&A
12.50 – 13.40 Lunch
Session 3 - Climate Change and Air Quality
13.40 – 13.45 Introduction by Chair – David Forsdick QC
13.45 – 14.10 Climate Change: current issues – Matthew Fraser
14.10 – 14.35 The Bill and air quality – Jenny Wigley QC
14.35 – 14.50 Q&A
14.50 – 15.10 Break
Session 4 - Biodiversity Net Gain and other conservation issues on the Bill
15.10 - 15.15 Introduction by Chair – Tim Mould QC
15.10 – 15.50 The Bill and biodiversity net gain – Richard Turney and Dominic Woodfield
15.50 – 16.15 Other conservation issues in the Bill: conservation covenants and habitats – David Elvin QC
16.15– 16.30 Q&A
16.30 Close
