Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 48743
Forests: Commodities
Tabled: 28 April 2025
Answered: 8 May 2025
Question
Brian Mathew
Liberal Democrat — Melksham and Devizes
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the UK Forest Risk Commodities regulations on low-income smallholder farmers in the Global South who are selling into
Answer
Mary CreaghWe recognise that action to prevent UK consumption of forest risk commodities driving deforestation should minimise the impacts on low-income smallholder farmers in the Global South.We will set out our approach to addressing deforestation in the UK’s supp...
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