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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Lesley Griffiths MS Welsh Government Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs.

The Secretary of State met with Lesley Griffiths and Fergus Ewing on 2 November, 16 November and 7 December and with Edwin Poots on 2 November and 16 November at the Inter-Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Preparations for the end of the transition period were discussed including progress on the common frameworks being developed on a range of environmental policy issues. Communiques from the meetings are published at:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/communique-from-the-inter-ministerial-group-for-environment-food-and-rural-affairs