Brexit Bulletin—ESC reports on EU policy areas of UK significance including methane strategy, IP action plan, environment action programme and smart mobility strategy

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The European Scrutiny Committee (ESC) published a report on recent draft EU legislation and policy documents deposited in Parliament by the government on 24 February 2021. The ESC gauges the legal and political importance of each legislative proposal, document or policy and, where appropriate, inquires further on its implications and/or recommends it for debate in Parliament. Subjects identified as legally and/or politically important in this instance include the methane strategy, the EU Intellectual Property Action Plan, the EU environment action programme and the EU’s smart mobility strategy.