Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's estimate is of the amount of EU legislation and regulation that can be incorporated into UK law without amendment.

The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill will convert European Union law into UK law as it applies in the UK at the moment of exit. This will ensure that, wherever possible, the same rules and laws will apply the day after exit as they did before.

The Government is undertaking a detailed assessment of what corrections will be required to make that law function appropriately on exit day. The Department for Exiting the European Union is working closely with departments across Government to ensure we make the changes required to deliver a functioning statute book on exit in the most efficient manner possible.

Based on our analysis so far, we have identified a need to correct around 850 out of 1200 pieces of Defra-owned legislation as a result of EU exit. Based on current assumptions, we envisage it would require around 100 Statutory Instruments.