Brexit: Environment watchdog planned says Gove

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body would hold the powerful to account and deliver a green Brexit.</p><p>The plans come amid concerns that environmental regulations enshrined in EU law could be lost after Brexit.</p><p>Mr Gove told <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180316214251/https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09g8cbs/the-andrew-marr-show-12112017" class="story-body__link">the Andrew Marr Show</a> standards would not be sacrificed as part of a potential US free trade deal.</p><h2 class="story-body__crosshead">Wildlife prioritised</h2><p>Mr Gove wants the watchdog to be independent of government - able to speak its mind freely, he said, with clear legal authority.</p><div id="bbccom_mpu_1_2_3" class="bbccom_slot mpu-ad" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="bbccom_advert"> <script type="text/javascript"> /**/ (function() { if (window.bbcdotcom && bbcdotcom.adverts && bbcdotcom.adverts.slotAsync) { bbcdotcom.adverts.slotAsync('mpu', [1,2,3]); } })(); /**/ </script> </div> </div><p><a 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class="story-body__link">poses a risk to UK wildlife and habitats</a> - with the cross-party Environmental Audit Committee calling for the creation of new environmental protection law.</p><p>Labour's Mary Creagh, chair of the committee, told BBC News earlier this year: "European law protects huge amounts of the UK's environment, farming and countryside."</p><p>The government has said the EU Withdrawal Bill - which goes before MPs for debate this week - will incorporate many of these regulations.</p><h2 class="story-body__crosshead">Supporting British farmers</h2><p>Mr Gove also outlined his vision for British agriculture and wildlife once Britain leaves the EU.</p><p>Describing British farmers as the "best in the world", he said he wanted to "help support farmers produce food in a sustainable and productive way".</p><p>Mr Gove told Marr that in the event of a no deal scenario, British food would still be "increasingly in demand worldwide".</p><p>"The trend overall globally is toward 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