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1549964

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Environment Protection: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that environmental protections are not weakened as a result of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	106473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has already set out her approach to remove legislation superfluous to the UK, review the effectiveness of EU regulation in achieving environmental outcomes and retain, by default, environmental legislation for the UK to achieve existing environmental outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 26/01/2023 12:27:18 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1549968

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Environment Protection: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential risks created by the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill to environmental protections.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	106476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>Yes. Given our stated approach, there is no risk.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 26/01/2023 12:34:38 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1551916

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Environment Protection: EU Law
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to engage with environmental groups before making any decisions regarding the exercise of the powers proposed in the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill; and if so, how.
	tabling member printed	Lord Randall of Uxbridge
	uin	HL4298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>Defra has routinely met environmental stakeholders since the introduction of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill to sight them on developments as the Bill passes through Parliament. Defra will continue to engage stakeholders as it takes steps to create laws and regulations in the interests of the UK. Defra is committed to engaging with stakeholders to ensure policy decisions are well-informed and result in benefits for both citizens and business.</p><p> </p><p>Defra is in the process of analysing its REUL stock to determine what should be preserved as part of domestic law, and what should be repealed, or amended. In reviewing retained EU law, Defra’s aim is to ensure that environmental law is fit for purpose and able to drive improved environmental outcomes, whilst also ensuring regulators can deliver efficiently. This will ensure the UK regulatory framework is appropriate and tailored to the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 21/12/2022 11:44:22 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
	tabling member	209 label Biography information for Lord Randall of Uxbridge

1274825

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2021
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Environment Protection: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of UK environmental protections; and what assessment he has made of the areas in which protections need to be (a) more rigorous, (b) equally rigorous and (c) less rigorous than EU standards.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	134389
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to leaving the environment in a better state than we found it and has been clear that we will realise the benefits of leaving the EU, including implementing new ways of delivering better levels of environmental protection. The Government continuously looks for opportunities to improve the effectiveness of environmental protections and has already brought forward a number of measures to drive forward standards and to help assess the adequacy of environmental legislation in future.</p><p> </p><p>For example, the Environment Bill sets a new legal foundation for Government action to improve the environment and is part of the wider Government response to the clear and scientific case for a step-change in environmental protection and recovery. As part of the provisions in the Bill, the Government must have an Environmental Improvement Plan which sets out the steps it intends to take to improve the environment and review it at least every five years. The 25 Year Environment Plan will be adopted as the first statutory Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) in the Environment Bill.</p><p> </p><p>The Bill also establishes a new, independent statutory body - the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) - which will have a statutory duty to monitor and report on the Government's progress in improving the natural environment in accordance with the EIP. The OEP’s annual report may provide recommendations on how to improve progress towards meeting targets or environmental improvement, to which Government must respond.</p><p>In many cases, we will be going further than the EU. For example, the approach taken in the Environment Bill towards environmental principles goes further than the EU by ensuring that Ministers across Government are obliged to consider the principles in all policy development where it impacts the environment. Through the Bill’s targets framework, we are seeking to develop a comprehensive suite of targets across the entire natural environment which is novel and not something developed at an EU level. The OEP’s enforcement powers are different from those of the European Commission, as the OEP will be able to liaise directly with the public body in question to investigate and resolve alleged serious breaches of environmental law in a more targeted and timely manner.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 13/01/2021 12:36:02 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1672610

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Environment Protection: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the provisions in the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 on levels of environmental protection.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	3458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2023 answer text <p>It has not been necessary to carry out such an assessment. The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 will only remove from the UK statute book pieces of Retained EU Law (REUL) specifically cited in the revocation schedule. These are being removed because they are obsolete, expired, duplicated, no longer relevant to the UK, or have been superseded by new legislation. The Government remains fully committed to upholding environmental standards. Ministers made commitments at all stages of the Bill’s passage not to reduce environmental standards and protections. Since the start of November Ministers have had a legal duty to have due regard to the environmental principles policy statement under the Environment Act 2021 when making policies using the REUL Act’s powers. This Government uses expert advice, including that of many independent experts, when making provisions that relate to the environment.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 29/11/2023 16:44:19 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1675862

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2023
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Environment Protection: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 7 November 2022 to Question 60902 on Environment Protection: EU Law, whether she plans to replicate regulations (a) nine and (b) 10 in the National Emission Ceilings Regulations 2018 that were removed by the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea West
	tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
	uin	5444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2023 answer text <p>No. Regulations 9 and 10 of the National Emission Ceilings Regulations concern the National Air Pollution Control Programme (NAPCP). The NAPCP was a bureaucratic process that does nothing to improve the air we breathe. Its content is a duplication of material contained, in a more accessible format, in national policy statements including the EIP for England which sets out our actual delivery plan to improve the air we breathe. When we consulted on the NAPCP of those who expressed an opinion, a majority agreed that the format of the NAPCP could be improved, with a consensus that the format was too lengthy and too technical. With this in mind, we are considering how we can simplify the process to reduce administrative burdens and improve transparency.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 15/12/2023 11:32:12 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
	tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1519548

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Environment Protection: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to ensure that current legal requirements derived from the European Union (a) Habitats Directive, (b) Environmental Impact Assessment Directive and (c) Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive for developers to carry out (i) wildlife surveys and (ii) environmental assessments of qualifying development sites will (A) be retained in UK law beyond December 2023 and (B) apply in Investment Zones; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	59594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>Nature is in need of our help, so HM Government has set a legally binding target to halt its decline by 2030. In March this year, we published the Nature Recovery Green Paper setting out our proposals to reform our system of protections to better support this ambitious work, including the Habitats Regulations. The Green Paper is available <a href="https://consult.defra.gov.uk/nature-recovery-green-paper/nature-recovery-green-paper/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Our proposals seek to create a system that better reflects the latest science and impending impacts of climate change, our domestic species and habitats, and helps us to achieve our significant goals to recover nature.</p><p> </p><p>The Nature Recovery Green Paper consultation closed on 11th May and we are now in the process of analysing responses. HM Government will publish a formal response in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Scott Mann grouped question UIN 58970 question first answered 31/10/2022 10:51:05 answering member 4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1506182

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Environment Protection: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department will take to (a) strengthen environmental protections as part of any review into retained EU law and regulations and (b) ensure the UK maintains comparable levels of environmental protections with the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
	tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
	uin	49749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>In reviewing retained EU law, Defra’s aim is to ensure that environmental law is fit for purpose and able to drive improved environmental outcomes, whilst also ensuring regulators can deliver efficiently. This will ensure the UK regulatory framework is appropriate and tailored to the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is a world leader in environmental protection and the Government has clear environmental and climate goals, such as those set out in the Environment Act, the 25 Year Environment Plan and the Net Zero Strategy respectively. We are committed to delivering our legally binding target to halt nature’s decline by 2030. Any changes to environmental regulation will need to support those goals as well as our international commitments including those with the EU.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 23/09/2022 09:47:04 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1520450

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Environment Protection: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill 2022 on the UK’s environmental standards.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea West
	tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
	uin	60902
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is a world leader in environmental protection and we will not weaken environmental protections. We recognise that a strong environment and strong economy go hand-in-hand. In reviewing our retained EU law, we want to ensure that environmental law is fit for purpose for the UK's unique environment, enabling us to drive improved environmental outcomes and deliver on our commitment to halt nature's decline by 2030, whilst ensuring regulators can deliver efficiently. Any changes to environmental regulations will be driven with those goals in mind.</p><p>Defra is in the process of analysing its REUL stock and determining what should be preserved as part of domestic law, as well as REUL that should be repealed, or amended. This work will determine how we use the powers in the Bill and therefore inform assessments of the Bill's impact, including in relation to environmental protections.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 07/11/2022 10:41:59 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1523892

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Environment Protection: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) revoking or (b) amending his Department’s pieces of retained EU law on the maintenance of the UK’s environmental standards; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	65692
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>Defra is in the process of analysing its REUL stock and determining what should be preserved as part of domestic law, as well as REUL that should be repealed, or amended. This work will determine how we use the powers in the Bill and therefore inform assessments of the Bill’s impact, including in relation to environmental protections.</p><p> </p><p>The United Kingdom is a world leader in environmental protection and HM Government has clear environmental and climate goals, such as those set out in the Environment Act, the 25 Year Environment Plan and the Net Zero Strategy respectively. We are committed to delivering our legally binding target to halt nature’s decline by 2030. In reviewing our retained EU law, we want to ensure that environmental law is fit for purpose for the United Kingdom’s unique environment and able to drive improved environmental outcomes, whilst ensuring regulators can deliver efficiently. Any changes to environmental regulations will be driven with those goals in mind.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 28/10/2022 13:21:08 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas