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We will establish a new Environment Agency which will bring together the functions of the National Rivers Authority, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Pollution and the waste regulation functions of local authorities. (Conservative Party Manifesto 1992)
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Carter, N., Lowe, P. (1995). The Establishment of a Cross-Sector Environment Agency. In: Gray, T.S. (eds) UK Environmental Policy in the 1990s. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24237-5_4
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