Written questions

Forests: Commodities

Commons · Question 118160 · Tabled 5 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 16 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Kerry McCarthy

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received from businesses on clarity on forest risk commodities regulation.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 16 Mar 2026

We recognise the urgency of taking action to ensure that UK consumption of forest risk commodities is not driving deforestation. We also recognise that this sense of urgency and need for clarity is shared by business. This Government believes it is at its...