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Forests: Regulation

Commons · Question 12948 · Tabled 24 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 29 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Vikki Slade

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to negotiate for alignment of deforestation regulations between the UK and the EU as part of the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 29 Jun 2026

This Government is strengthening its approach to tackling deforestation in UK supply chains. In Great Britain, Defra will consult on the department’s aim to introduce an approach which works with the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), including under the...