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

LabourRotherham

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 Creagh
We 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.