Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, whether she plans to (a) revoke, (b) retain or (c) replace the Environmental (Forestry) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999.
Defra is in the process of analysing and assessing its REUL stock to determine what should be preserved as part of domestic law, and what should be repealed, or amended. This work will determine how we use the powers in the Bill, including in relation to the Environmental (Forestry) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999.
Defra has secured a clause in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill to unlock the laws governing EIAs which are currently governed by retained EU law, including the Forestry EIA.