To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure a common UK environmental framework when the UK leaves the EU.
Answered on
12 July 2017
Defra is working closely with the devolved administrations, sharing factual information and establishing views and priorities to get the best possible deal for all parts of our United Kingdom as we leave the EU.
The UK Government will work carefully to ensure that, as powers are repatriated from the EU framework, the appropriate powers are retained in Westminster and the appropriate powers are passed to the devolved administrations. In doing this, we will maintain the necessary common standards and frameworks for our own domestic market and empower the UK as an open, trading nation to strike the best trade deals around the world.