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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the proposed Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration on environmental standards in the UK.

The Government has made clear that environmental standards will not only be maintained but enhanced as we leave the EU.

Through the proposed Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration, both the UK and the EU have committed to prevent any reduction in the levels of environmental protections as they stand at the end of the implementation period, known as a non-regression provision, and to maintain existing international commitments.