We welcome the commitment that the Minister made to ensuring that UK trade deals protect the natural environment through a non-regression obligation on relevant regulations and standards that is enforceable with sanctions for non-compliance. We call upon the UK Government to include such provisions in future FTAs to help ensure that trade partners do not competitively undercut UK producers by deregulating environmental protections. We call upon the UK Government to include such provisions in future FTAs to help ensure that trade partners do not competitively undercut UK producers by deregulating environmental protections