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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is her policy to (a) retain and (b) strengthen existing environmental standards regulations after the UK has left the EU.

The Great Repeal Bill will ensure that the whole body of existing EU environmental law continues to have effect in UK law.

Over time, we have the opportunity to ensure our legislative framework is outcome driven and delivers on our overall commitment to improve the environment within a generation.

Our manifesto commitment is to be the first generation to leave the environment in a better state than we found it.