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Forests: Commodities

Asked by Fabian HamiltonLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 31 October 2025UIN 85098

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will introduce secondary legislation under the Environment Act 2021 for due diligence rules for forest-risk commodities.

Answered by Mary Creagh

The Government recognises the urgency of taking action to ensure that UK consumption of forest risk commodities is not driving deforestation. The Government is actively considering the best regulatory approach to address deforestation in UK supply chains; we will set out this approach in due course.

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