Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will hold discussions with (a) environmental and (b) public health organisations in the context of the Government's September 2022 announcement that announced that all retained EU laws will be sunset on 31 December 2023.

My Rt. Hon. Friend the then Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy met with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and other environmental groups on 19 October, and assured them of the Government’s ongoing commitment to deliver our legally binding target to halt nature’s decline by 2030. The UK will remain a world leader in environmental protection. The Government will continue to engage stakeholders throughout the passage of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, and as we take steps to create laws and regulations in the interests of the UK.