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Forests: Commodities

Asked by Dr Ellie ChownsGreen PartyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 9 May 2025UIN 49640

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with producer country stakeholders as it designs the Forest Risk Commodities implementing regulation.

Answered by Mary Creagh

We are carefully considering the views of producer country stakeholders in developing our approach to prevent UK consumption of forest risk commodities driving deforestation.

We will set out our approach to addressing deforestation in the UK’s supply chains in due course.

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