To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what representations he has received on EU voluntary partnerships on the timber trade; and if he will make a statement. (116934)

No specific representations have been received recently on Voluntary Partnership Agreements under the EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade licensing scheme for timber imports. Stakeholders continue to show a general interest in the Government’s continued work, through bilateral and multi-lateral processes, to develop restrictions upon the import of illegally harvested timber.