Oral Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“If he will take steps to implement the provisions of the Environment Act 2021 on deforestation due diligence.”
Tabled: 13 March 2025Answered: 20 March 2025
Asked by
Anna Gelderd
Labour — South East Cornwall
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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.