Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 183057
Bathing Water Regulations 2013
Tabled: 27 April 2023
Answered: 3 May 2023
Named DayQuestion
Ms Stella Creasy
Labour (Co-op) — Walthamstow
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, what plans her Department has to (a) retain (b) replace or (c) revoke the Bathing Waters Regulations 2013.
Answer
Defra is in the process of analysing its retained EU law and determining what should be preserved as part of domestic law, as well as REUL that should be repealed, or amended. We have been clear that we will uphold our environmental protections and the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill will not come at the expense of the protections that are already in place for our bathing waters.