Written questions

Forests: Commodities

Commons · Question 36653 · Tabled 10 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 17 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Sarah Champion

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to tackle the use of products created through illegal deforestation in supply chains.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 17 Mar 2025

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.