Scottish government will not relax environmental standards post Brexit

摘要

The Scottish government has "no intention" of relaxing European environmental standards after Brexit, the Scottish environment secretary has insisted. Speaking at WWT's Water Scotland conference in Glasgow last month, Roseanna Cunningham said: "I want to clarify our position as regards compliance with European Union directives and the issue of Brexit. This government has no intention of relaxing standards. "Anybody out there that thinks that, from the perspective of that kind of compliance, that leaving the EU will mean a relaxation is dead wrong. We do not believe that is the right way to go. Those standards are in Scotland's best interest, providing safe, clean drinking water and protecting the environment, all of which we see as essential to Scotland's prosperity."