I have always been clear on the need to ensure that our environment is protected after we leave the EU. Our natural environment is a precious and fragile and I believe that we must do everything we can to ensure that it is properly managed.
The EU (Withdrawal) Bill will convert all EU environment law into UK law when we leave the Union next year. The manifesto on which I and all Conservative MPs were elected to last year also promised that we should be the 'first generation to leave the environment in a better state that we inherited it in'.
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