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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to ensure that marine Special Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas continue to receive the same level of environmental protection as currently received after the UK leaves the EU.

Environmental protections for designated areas continue as before, ensuring the whole body of existing EU environmental law continues to have effect in UK law.

The Secretary of State has also announced that we will consult on creating a new, statutory, independent body to uphold environmental standards, and a new policy statement setting out environmental principles.

We will continue to uphold all our obligations under international environmental treaties.