United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 5046
Agriculture: Forests
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29 May 2026
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3 June 2026 · Answer
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3 June 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that deforestation measures do not (a) exclude smallholder farmers from supply chains and (b) increase compliance costs for those farmers.
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29 May 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that deforestation measures do not (a) exclude smallholder farmers from supply chains and (b) increase compliance costs for those farmers.
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3 June 2026
Answer
The Government recognises the urgency of taking action to ensure that UK consumption of forest risk commodities is not driving deforestation. We will set out our approach to addressing UK consumption of forest risk commodities as soon as possible. We unde...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-05-29/5046
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1910091
- uk · wq-1910091 · source updated 3 June 2026