Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to introduce the Committee on Climate Change's hierarchy of uses for timber favouring non-burning applications; and whether subsidies will reflect this hierarchy.

In line with the Climate Change Committee’s recommendations, the Government is developing an evidence-based priority use framework for biomass across the economy. This framework will consider the decarbonisation potential of different end uses alongside wider environmental and economic impacts, to inform how biomass can best contribute towards net zero. The Government's forthcoming biomass strategy will support decisions around future Government support for biomass.