Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve soil regulation in the UK after the UK leaves the EU.

Soil health and regulation is closely linked to the development and delivery of our 25 Year Environment Plan and in the development of future farming policy. The Government’s ambition for soils is that by 2030 soils will be managed sustainably and degradation threats tackled through changes to the management of agricultural soil.