Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the European Academies Science Advisory Council study Multi-functionality and sustainability in the European Union's forests.

Defra officials have reviewed the study and are considering the conclusions in developing international forestry policy. As the study was published by a non–UK, independent body, there are no plans to undertake a formal assessment.