Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 11679
Forest Products: Regulation
Tabled: 29 October 2024
Answered: 4 November 2024
Question
Dr Ellie Chowns
Green Party — North Herefordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to publish regulations to implement Schedule 17 of the Environment Act 2021 to introduce a due diligence scheme for products of illegal deforestation.
Answer
Mary CreaghWe recognise the need to take action to ensure that UK consumption of forest risk commodities is not driving deforestation, and we will set out our approach to addressing this in due course.