Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 36653
Forests: Supply Chains
Tabled: 10 March 2025
Answered: 17 March 2025
Question
Sarah Champion
Labour — Rotherham
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to tackle the use of products created through illegal deforestation in supply chains.
Answer
Mary CreaghWe recognise the need to take action to ensure that UK consumption of forest risk commodities is not driving deforestation, and we will set out our approach to addressing this in due course.