Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Robin Walker and Robert Courts

Thursday 14th December 2017 Commons Chamber

[Robert Courts (Witney) (Con)]

Does the Minister share my passion for environmental protection, and does he agree that our leaving the European Union gives us the opportunity to go further and faster?

[Mr Robin Walker]

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. We are a country that has been a world leader on the environment. We must ensure that we take all the opportunities offered by this process, as I believe the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is already doing, to strengthen our environmental protections.