Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on environmental policy of the effect of the UK leaving the EU .

We continue to have regular conversations with ministerial colleagues across Government on all aspects of exiting the European Union.

The Government has been clear that it will not weaken our current environmental protections as we leave the European Union and will maintain and enhance our already high environmental standards.

As part of this we will set up a new, ambitious domestic framework for environmental governance.