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 extent to which the draft Environment (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (a) make policy changes, (b) will lead to a change in operational delivery, (c) will impose additional costs on (i) business, (ii) individuals and (iii) the public sector, (d) make changes to primary legislation, (e) will result in additional environmental impacts compared with the legislation being amended and replaced and (f) are required only in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

In answer to the questions and assessment of the regulations:

A) they do not;

B) they do not;

C) they will not;

D) any changes to primary legislation are set out in the SI;

E) they do not

And

F) they are required to fulfil the commitment that EU law would be transferred into UK law when the UK leaves the EU.