Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 82216

Forests: Environment Protection

Tabled: 14 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Named Day

Question

Laura Kyrke-Smith

LabourAylesbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what legislative steps she is taking to tackle illegal deforestation in supply chains; and what her planned timetable is for introducing a regulatory framework to tackle this issue.

Answer

Mary Creagh
The Government recognises the urgency of taking action to ensure that UK consumption of forest risk commodities is not driving deforestation. The Government is currently considering its approach to addressing the impact of the use of forest risk commoditi...

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