Question follow-through · 91282
Forests: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether in implementing Schedule 17 of the Environment Act 2021 the government can strengthen the provisions of the Act to include an absolute standard of deforestation rather than foc
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 17 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 20 Nov 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether in implementing Schedule 17 of the Environment Act 2021 the government can strengthen the provisions of the Act to include an absolute standard of deforestation rather than foc
20 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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20 Nov 2025
Answer published
The forest risk commodities regime in the Environment Act 2021 extends only to commodities that are illegally produced. The Government recognises the urgency of taking action to ensure that UK consumption of forest risk commodities is not driving defores...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances
24 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with the Health and Safety Executive on restricting PFAS in specific consumer product groups, as outlined in the PFAS Plan.
Sewage: Waste Disposal
12 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the Office for Environmental Protection Investigation Report, published in December 2025.
Water: Standards
12 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has formally responded to the Office for Environmental Protection's information notices regarding compliance with the Water Framework Directive.
Water: Standards
12 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her department has set a date by which it aims to have ended operator self-monitoring in the water industry.
Water Companies: Finance
12 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what analysis her department has undertaken to assess whether using Regulated Capital Value to measure water company values provides the most accurate measure of their value.
Water Companies: Nationalisation
12 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to undertake a cost-benefit analysis of the (a) financial and (b) non-financial costs to the public between the privatised model and public ownership of th
Sewage
13 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Office for Environmental Protection’s report entitled Investigation Report addressed to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in relation
Water Companies: Inspections
23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria her department used in its decision to aim to conduct 10,000 water company asset inspections by April 2026.
Water Companies: Repairs and Maintenance
23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has undertaken a cost-benefit analysis of requiring all water company incidents to be attended.
Water Companies: Standards
23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has undertaken a cost-benefit analysis of ending operator self-monitoring in the water industry.
Environment Agency: Legal Profession
23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many solicitors were employed by the Environment Agency in the Area facing legal services teams in 2008, 2014, 2020 and 2026.
Water Companies: Prosecutions
23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for the 28 enforcement undertakings accepted by the Environment Agency from water companies between 26 July 2024 and 12 February 2026, what criteria was used in the decision not to pro