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<p>New EU legislation that provides workers’ rights which member states are obliged
to confer will be covered by the proposed clauses. Workers’ rights include labour
protections regarding health and safety at work. The Government will be required to
report on those new rights, whether they go further than current domestic rights,
and if so the action the Government proposes to take. Air and water quality standards
are only in scope to the extent that they fall within the definition of workers’ rights.</p><p>
</p><p>The Government has been clear that the UK will maintain and enhance environmental
protections as it leaves the EU. As part of the 25 Year Environment Plan, the Government
has set an ambition to be the first generation to leave the environment in a better
state than it found it – and has already put in train a number of policies to achieve
this.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Bill will be introduced early in the second Session
of this Parliament, and will include ambitious legislative measures to take direct
action to address the biggest environmental priorities of our age: air quality, nature
recovery, waste and resource efficiency, and water resource management. In the Environment
Bill the Government will legislate to ensure there is a robust framework for the maintenance
and strengthening of environmental standards as the UK leaves the EU.</p>
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