Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 118160

Forests: Commodities

Tabled: 5 March 2026
Answered: 16 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Kerry McCarthy

LabourBristol East

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received from businesses on clarity on forest risk commodities regulation.

Answer

Mary Creagh
We recognise the urgency of taking action to ensure that UK consumption of forest risk commodities is not driving deforestation. We also recognise that this sense of urgency and need for clarity is shared by business. This Government believes it is at its...

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