Oral Question·Treasury
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 31 August 2021Answered: 7 September 2021
Asked by
Alex Davies-Jones
Labour — Pontypridd
Answering Minister
the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Mary Creagh)
The biggest driver of deforestation worldwide is agricultural expansion, particularly the production of a small number of commodities such as soy and palm oil. This Government are considering the approach to the deforestation regulations, and nothing has yet been ruled in or out.