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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

1399814

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

1309540

registered interest
date	15/04/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Chemicals: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is the Health and Safety Executive's policy not to initiate a restriction on a substance on which an opinion has been adopted by the European Chemicals Agency.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	181431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2021 answer text <p>An annual UK REACH Work Programme will be developed and published; this will include activity on new restrictions. Working with the Environment Agency, Defra and relevant officials from the Scottish and Welsh governments, HSE will identify priorities for restriction. These may include restrictions already addressed by the European Chemicals Agency. The preparation of restriction dossiers by HSE will address concerns deemed to be the most pressing for Great Britain, and any further measures taken to safeguard human health and the environment will be based on the best available evidence and robust science.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 21/04/2021 16:02:38 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones