Written questions

Food Supply

Commons · Question 58379 · Tabled 9 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 17 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure UK food supply chains do not (a) contribute to the destruction of high-biodiversity forests and (b) undermine international food security.

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 17 Jun 2025

The Government is committed to tackling the climate and nature crises. The UK is delivering programmes to improve forest governance, enable sustainable trade and investment and mobilise finance to support forest protection and restoration in developing co...