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Written question asked by Lord Allan of Hallam (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 30 November 2022, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 14 December 2022. It was answered by Lord Benyon (Conservative) on Tuesday, 13 December 2022 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Geographical Information Systems: EU Law

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on their environmental data policy of the inclusion of the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 within the scope of clause 1 of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill.

Answer

Defra is currently undertaking a Post Implementation Review (PIR) of the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 (INSPIRE) to consider the future of INSPIRE and in particular in respect to the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill.

Defra commissioned The Open Data Institute (The ODI) to carry out an independent assessment of the impact of the INSPIRE regulations. As part of this assessment the ODI is consulting with key INSPIRE stakeholders in the UK including Defra, the Devolved Administrations, The Geospatial Commission, Ordnance Survey, The Data Standards Authority, the Chief Data and Digital Office and The Office for National Statistics.

The ODI is due to present its findings to Defra at the end of January 2023 which will inform the INSPIRE PIR.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL3873
Session
2022-23
Subjects
EU law Geographical information systems
Legislation
Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill 2022-23
Link
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