Forests: Regulation
Commons · Question 12444 · Tabled 4 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Gareth Snell
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to align the (a) scope and (b) implementation of the UK Deforestation Regulation (UKDR) with the European Union Deforestation Regulation; and when he plans to publish
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 11 Nov 2024
We recognise the need to take action to ensure that UK consumption of forest risk commodities is not driving deforestation and we will set out our approach to addressing this in due course.