EU committee to recommend Nature Restoration Law not be passed 

Environment committee MEPs split down the middle on vote

Biodiversity Minister Pippa Hackett said there had been a 'hysterical debate' on the proposed legislation.

The EU's plan to restore degraded land across the continent has been defeated in a committee vote after weeks of debate.

The Nature Restoration Law saw 88 MEPs of the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) committee split down the middle, 44 to 44.