Oral Question·Church Commissioners
“To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Commissioners have made an estimate of the proportion of the Church's assets that may have a link to a historic involvement with slavery.”
Tabled: 19 January 2023Answered: 26 January 2023
Asked by
Sir Desmond Swayne
Conservative — New Forest West
Answering Minister
the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners
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.