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date	24/01/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Timber: Imports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much timber with bark for firewood has been imported into the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
uin	HL4933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Revenue &amp; Customs collect and publish National Statistics for the United Kingdom on the level of imports of woodfuel under commodity code 44011000: ‘fuel wood in logs, billets, twigs, faggots or similar forms’. No record is made to differentiate the presence or absence of bark on imports of woodfuel.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2011-15, the latest figures for which complete data is available, are shown the Table attached.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that wood can be a pathway for the introduction and movement of harmful plant pests. That is why a new Statutory Notification Scheme for importing solid woodfuel (firewood) came into force on 1 January 2017. This requires importers bringing firewood into England and Scotland from outside the UK to provide the Forestry Commission with at least three days’ prior notification of its arrival if it is coming by sea, road or rail, and four hours’ notice if arriving by air. The Welsh Assembly Government is expected to introduce a similar regulation.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme will enable the Forestry Commission to gather information about the firewood importing trade, and to carry out risk-based and random inspections of a selection of imports. This will help to ensure that the firewood or its associated wooden packaging meets British plant health landing requirements.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL4934 HL4935 question first answered 07/02/2017 15:07:32 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble attachment 1 file name HL4933 HL4934 HL4935 - firewood imports with bark - Table.pdf title TABLE OF IMPORTS 2011-2015
tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere

678205

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Timber: Imports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government from which countries timber with bark for firewood has been imported into the UK in the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
uin	HL4934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Revenue &amp; Customs collect and publish National Statistics for the United Kingdom on the level of imports of woodfuel under commodity code 44011000: ‘fuel wood in logs, billets, twigs, faggots or similar forms’. No record is made to differentiate the presence or absence of bark on imports of woodfuel.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2011-15, the latest figures for which complete data is available, are shown the Table attached.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that wood can be a pathway for the introduction and movement of harmful plant pests. That is why a new Statutory Notification Scheme for importing solid woodfuel (firewood) came into force on 1 January 2017. This requires importers bringing firewood into England and Scotland from outside the UK to provide the Forestry Commission with at least three days’ prior notification of its arrival if it is coming by sea, road or rail, and four hours’ notice if arriving by air. The Welsh Assembly Government is expected to introduce a similar regulation.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme will enable the Forestry Commission to gather information about the firewood importing trade, and to carry out risk-based and random inspections of a selection of imports. This will help to ensure that the firewood or its associated wooden packaging meets British plant health landing requirements.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL4933 HL4935 question first answered 07/02/2017 15:07:32 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble attachment 1 file name HL4933 HL4934 HL4935 - firewood imports with bark - Table.pdf title TABLE OF IMPORTS 2011-2015
tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere

678206

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Timber: Imports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the eco-system of importing timber with bark to the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
uin	HL4935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Revenue &amp; Customs collect and publish National Statistics for the United Kingdom on the level of imports of woodfuel under commodity code 44011000: ‘fuel wood in logs, billets, twigs, faggots or similar forms’. No record is made to differentiate the presence or absence of bark on imports of woodfuel.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2011-15, the latest figures for which complete data is available, are shown the Table attached.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that wood can be a pathway for the introduction and movement of harmful plant pests. That is why a new Statutory Notification Scheme for importing solid woodfuel (firewood) came into force on 1 January 2017. This requires importers bringing firewood into England and Scotland from outside the UK to provide the Forestry Commission with at least three days’ prior notification of its arrival if it is coming by sea, road or rail, and four hours’ notice if arriving by air. The Welsh Assembly Government is expected to introduce a similar regulation.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme will enable the Forestry Commission to gather information about the firewood importing trade, and to carry out risk-based and random inspections of a selection of imports. This will help to ensure that the firewood or its associated wooden packaging meets British plant health landing requirements.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL4933 HL4934 question first answered 07/02/2017 15:07:32 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble attachment 1 file name HL4933 HL4934 HL4935 - firewood imports with bark - Table.pdf title TABLE OF IMPORTS 2011-2015
tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere