Regulations on Forest Risk Commodities

I alongside other cross-party MPs and peers have urged the UK government to act on deforestation in an open letter to the Secretary of State for Business & Trade, and to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Our open letter calls for long-overdue regulations to end UK imports linked to illegal deforestation. Nearly five years after the Environment Act, the secondary legislation needed to make these protections real is still missing.

This is about more than forests, it’s about business certainty, human rights, and aligning with global standards. Major UK retailers and chocolate producers are already calling for clear, robust rules, and regulation that delivers both fairness and clarity across supply chains.

Read the letter below.