Forests
Commons · Question 58380 · Tabled 9 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is for enacting the due diligence regulations of the Environment Act 2021, in the context of UK efforts to tackle deforestation.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 16 Jun 2025
We recognise the urgency of taking action to ensure that UK consumption of forest risk commodities is not driving deforestation. The Government will set out its approach to addressing UK consumption of forest risk commodities in due course. We are committ...