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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November to Question 113594, what assessment his Department has made of the range of functions carried out by EU bodies on environmental protection, and which of these would end in the UK should the UK cease to be an EU Member State.

As part of our preparations to leave the EU, we are assessing the functions carried out by EU bodies on environmental protection.

Our future relationship with the EU is still to be determined and is the subject of negotiations. This will include discussions over our future status and relationship with these bodies and their environmental functions.