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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the 25 year environmental plan, what joint work is underway between his Department and the devolved administrations on a framework for a new environmental management system that reflects regional circumstances.

A new environmental land management system will support farmers and land managers to adopt long term sustainable practices which integrate the production of food and timber with actions to improve the environment.

We are working closely with the devolved administrations on an approach to returning powers from the EU that works for the whole of the UK and respects the devolution settlements of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It is the Government’s expectation that this will lead to a significant increase in decision-making powers in the devolved administrations.

In England, we will work with farmers, food producers and environmentalists to develop a new system.