Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 49640

Forests: Commodities

Tabled: 30 April 2025
Answered: 9 May 2025

Question

Dr Ellie Chowns

Green PartyNorth Herefordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with producer country stakeholders as it designs the Forest Risk Commodities implementing regulation.

Answer

Mary Creagh
We are carefully considering the views of producer country stakeholders in developing our approach to prevent UK consumption of forest risk commodities driving deforestation. We will set out our approach to addressing deforestation in the UK’s supply chai...

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