Written questions

Timber: Imports

Commons · Question 14578 · Tabled 30 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 7 Jul 2026

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the UK’s Sanitary and Phytosanitary regime on the cost and availability of imported timber products.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 7 Jul 2026

This Government is currently negotiating a Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement to make agrifood trade, including wood and wood products, with the biggest market cheaper and easier, cutting costs and regulatory barriers for British producers and retailers...