Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 94514

Forests: Regulation

Tabled: 25 November 2025
Answered: 1 December 2025
Named Day

Question

Nadia Whittome

LabourNottingham East

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the UK’s deforestation regulations are fair and workable for smallholder farmers internationally.

Answer

Mary Creagh
The Government recognises that action to prevent UK consumption of forest risk commodities driving deforestation should minimise the impacts on smallholder farmers. The UK works with smallholder farmers to improve sustainable practices and encourage fores...

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