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Home | UK News | DEFRA F-gas head receives MBE

DEFRA F-gas head receives MBE

12th June 2021
Photo: IISD

UK: Davinder Lail, head of the ozone depleting substances and fluorinated greenhouse gases team at DEFRA, has been awarded the MBE for services to the Environment.

Lail has worked on environment and agriculture policy for the Government for over 20 years. This has included work on housing, climate change, air quality, renewable energy and the Common Agricultural Policy. He was also a private secretary to previous DEFRA Ministers.

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