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

To ask His Majesty's Government, in regard to recommendation 11 of An independent review of Defra’s regulatory landscape, published on 2 April, which environmental regulations will be in scope of the rolling programme of regulatory reform.

Dan Corry’s review of Defra’s regulatory landscape recommends that the Department scope a rolling programme of reform for specific regulations, suggesting several early priorities for reform. Work is ongoing to establish where improvements are most needed and where legislation would be required. In the meantime, the Department continues to lay statutory instruments on a regular basis to deliver environmental improvements and commitments.