Today, after Prime Minister’s Questions, South Lakes MP Tim Farron will put forward a Ten-Minute Rule Bill for the creation of an independent regulator to protect the UK’s food, farming and environmental standards. The new regulator would ensure that imports meet UK standards for animal welfare and environmental protections – preventing products like chlorinated chicken or hormone treated beef flooding the British market. It would also have new powers to ensure that the Government and public authorities comply with their environmental and climate targets, by issuing sanctions for those that fail to meet them. The Government had promised to create a new environmental regulator, replacing the role the European Commission played before Brexit.