Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 36789
Vegetable Oils: Forests
Tabled: 10 March 2025
Answered: 18 March 2025
Question
Navendu Mishra
Labour — Stockport
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of vegetable oils not included in the due diligence regulations under Schedule 17 of the Environment Act 2021 on deforestation and
Answer
Mary CreaghThe Global Environmental Impacts of Consumption Indicator, funded by Defra, estimates that UK-linked deforestation driven by soy and palm oil was 7-9 times and 15-20 times greater respectively than deforestation linked to sunflower and rapeseed oil in 202...
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