Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 14578

Timber: Imports

Tabled: 30 June 2026
Answered: 7 July 2026

Question

Martin Wrigley

Liberal DemocratNewton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the UK’s Sanitary and Phytosanitary regime on the cost and availability of imported timber products.

Answer

Mary Creagh
This Government is currently negotiating a Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement to make agrifood trade, including wood and wood products, with the biggest market cheaper and easier, cutting costs and regulatory barriers for British producers and retailers...

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