Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the potential environmental merits of the UK acceding to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership with the UK's membership of the European Single Market.

The Government has committed to publishing scoping assessments providing an economic analysis of proposed trade agreements prior to negotiations, including CPTPP, which includes potential impacts on the environment. The Department for Environment and Rural Affairs and the Department for Exiting the European Union may be able to provide further information regarding environmental impacts of the European Single Market.