Apart from a passing mention in connection with the Agriculture Bill, the environment did not feature in the June 2017 Queen’s speech.
BREXIT AND CHEMICALS REGULATION
The chemicals industry in the UK represents about 9% of the industry within the European Union, with trade flows each way exceeding Euros 20 billion each year.
The key legislation governing the chemicals industry in the EU is the REACH chemicals Regulation, which is supervised by the European Chemicals Agency, ECHA, in Helsinki, Finland. REACH requires the Registration of most chemical substances through ECHA.