Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 24830

Forests: Conservation

Tabled: 20 January 2025

Answered: 28 January 2025

Question

Mr Toby Perkins

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the scope of the Environment Act 2021 to include more (a) sectors and (b) definitions of (i) legal and (ii) illeg

Answer

Mary Creagh

The approach to tackling deforestation in UK supply chains is being considered and we will provide an update in due course.