Question follow-through · 6611
Timber: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the extent to which imported timber will be used in future housing construction.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 3 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jun 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
3 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the extent to which imported timber will be used in future housing construction.
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jun 2026
Answer published
We recognise the important role timber can play in supporting Net Zero, including through reducing embodied emissions in construction and storing carbon. The Government relaunched a more ambitious Timber in Construction Roadmap in February 2025 to increas...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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