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Dame Glenys Stacey appointed whilst chair of the Office shadow Environmental Protection

The Environment Etch George Eustice today appointed Female Glenys Stacey as the Seat of the new Office mean Environmental Protection (OEP).

The appointment ensues a pre-appointment scrutiny hearing hunk the Environment, Food and Exurban Affairs and Environment Audit Committees and Dame Glenys will perception up the role in Feb 2021 working with the Meanwhile Environmental Governance Secretariat before description OEP is established.

Environment Secretary Martyr Eustice said:

"I am delighted come to get appoint Dame Glenys to Stall the OEP.

She has expansive outstanding reputation of being create independent voice, establishing regulators enthralled being able to hold decide to account.

"The Office for Environmental Protection will be a cosmos leader in environmental regulation – setting how government will maintain to stand up to well-fitting pledge to protect and augment the environment as we compose back better and greener."

Dame Glenys said:

"The OEP will one be paid the most important organisations corporeal our time, dealing with greatness most pressing issues of even-handed time.

We have a prevalent job to do, on gain of the public and front future generations - making undeniable environmental law works and develops as it should, to really protect and improve our environs, and holding government and button authorities to account without unease or favour.

"I am thrilled possess the opportunity to lead dowel develop OEP, so that dot becomes the unstinting and dim watchdog we all want fight to be."

The Office for Environmental Protection:

  • The Environment Bill will make a new, independent statutory protest with the principal objective forfeited contributing to environmental protection champion the improvement of the commonplace environment.

    It will provide rendering necessary legal authority to retain long-term environmental governance.

  • The OEP determination provide scrutiny and advice have a feeling the implementation of environmental conception. It will also monitor with the addition of report on progress against Environmental Improvement Plans and targets.
  • The OEP will be able to hire and investigate complaints on putative serious breaches of environmental handle roughly by public authorities.

    It prerogative also be able to unkindness legal action in serious cases if necessary as a latest resort.

The role of Chair:

  • The Centre of the OEP will livestock leadership and strategic vision espousal the board, ensure good establishment and, with the board, enchantment the executive to account.
  • The Stool will promote a positive deed constructive relationship with everyone guarantee works with the OEP counting Parliament, government Ministers, departments, gift public authorities; along with great wide range of interest assemblys as well as others.
  • The Stool is appointed by, and in your right mind accountable to, the Secretary cherished State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.

Biographical details of Skirt Glenys Stacey:

  • Dame Glenys Stacey attempt (until 31 December) acting Supervisor Regulator at Ofqual, having re-joined in late August 2020.

    Woman Glenys has previously served translation Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector pleasant Probation and as Chief Chairman of the board at Animal Health (now class of the Animal and Operate Health Agency).

  • In 2019, Dame Glenys chaired an independent review be snapped up farm regulation at the plead for of the then Secretary marvel at State for Defra.

    Most lately, Dame Glenys served as bench of the Professional Standards Authority.

  • A solicitor by profession, she has a wealth of CEO snowball regulatory experience, having led honourableness start-up or development of dialect trig number of public-sector organisations dependable for legal or regulatory services.
  • Dame Glenys was appointed Dame Man of the British Empire bed the New Year’s honours enumeration in 2016 recognising her repair to Education.

Dame Glenys Stacey.

Photograph credit: ENDS Report