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date	13/06/2023
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	Chemicals: 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 plans to consult with relevant external stakeholders on her Department’s proposals for replacing retained EU law on chemicals.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	189441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2023 answer text <p>Ministers and officials from each department regularly engage with stakeholders on specific policy. We are committed to engaging with stakeholders to ensure policy decisions are well informed and result in benefits for both citizens and business.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 21/06/2023 17:31:34 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1535771

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
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	Chemicals: 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 UK REACH will seek to maintain alignment with EU Chemicals Regulations (EU REACH) beyond 31 December 2023.
tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
tabling member printed	Bim Afolami
uin	71235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>UK REACH retains the fundamental approach and key principles of EU REACH, ensuring a high level of protection of human health and the environment. Having our own independent regulatory framework for chemicals allows us to identify the most pressing priorities which best reflect the specific circumstances in GB. The decisions we take are based on the best available evidence, including looking at approaches taken by chemical regimes across the world, including the EU.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 02/11/2022 18:13:41 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami

1535777

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
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	Chemicals: 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 the Government plans to (a) preserve, (b) extend the sunset date to 2026, (c) revoke or (d) replace the majority of retained EU law relating to the regulation of chemicals.
tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
tabling member printed	Bim Afolami
uin	71239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>HM Government is in the process of analysing all retained EU law. This analysis will enable us to determine what should be preserved as part of domestic law and what should be repealed or amended.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 08/11/2022 17:10:38 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami

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registered interest
date	05/01/2022
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	Chemicals: 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 economic assessment he has made of the costs and benefits to the UK of (a) aligning with and (b) diverging from EU REACH and EU Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) controls on hazardous chemicals.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	98424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2022 answer text <p>An assessment of the costs and benefits of leaving the EU was presented in a <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F628004%2F2017-07-12_repeal_bill_impact_assessment__1_.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csimon.johnson%40defra.gov.uk%7C296de1280d1142d2f42b08d9d4f82496%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637774984647541595%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=RfdWO79EDtgNEKvkDFPbgphiByzs%2BV5yFFRtDo3zcng%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) for the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill</a>. Analysis of the wider impacts of the UK’s exit from the EU was published in the government’s <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F760484%2F28_November_EU_Exit_-_Long-term_economic_analysis__1_.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csimon.johnson%40defra.gov.uk%7C296de1280d1142d2f42b08d9d4f82496%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637774984647541595%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=8WJtyAQs3PlKkoXiJlVwpjcQc%2BXcQuISICQPVaZgB1M%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Long-Term Economic Analysis</a> published in November 2018. <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legislation.gov.uk%2Fukia%2F2019%2F36%2Fpdfs%2Fukia_20190036_en.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csimon.johnson%40defra.gov.uk%7C296de1280d1142d2f42b08d9d4f82496%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637774984647541595%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=DcTkoKUthULx3D%2B5THr4EmtZDqvV79SZEHqgGTRIuI8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">An impact assessment</a> was published alongside the REACH etc. (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/758) and ‘de minimis’ assessments were prepared for the subsequent REACH amendment regulations and for the EU Exit Statutory Instruments that put in place a separate GB/UK chemicals regulatory regime for Classification Labelling and Packaging under the terms of retained EU law as set out in the European Union (Withdrawal) Acts.</p><p>Having our own independent regulatory framework for chemicals gives us the opportunity to be ambitious and not look solely to the EU to define a successful chemicals regulation. Instead, it enables us to take our own decisions following the best scientific advice taking account of our own specific assessment of risk and the socioeconomic case for change.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/01/2022 16:43:40 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones