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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-01-20more like thismore than 2022-01-20
answering body
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
answering dept id 201 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
hansard heading Drax Power Station: Timber more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, in the context of wood pellets being sourced from Estonia and burnt at the Drax power station, what his policy is on the minimum number of trees per hectare that need to be replanted for a forest to count as sustainably managed. more like this
tabling member constituency Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock more like this
tabling member printed
Allan Dorans more like this
uin 108622 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-01-27more like thismore than 2022-01-27
answer text <p>In accordance with the Government’s strict sustainability criteria, biomass needs to be sourced from areas managed in a way that is consistent with sustainable forest management practices, irrespective of the sourcing location. Further information on sustainable forest management that informs the UK’s sustainability criteria can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://foresteurope.org/workstreams/sustainable-forest-management/" target="_blank">https://foresteurope.org/workstreams/sustainable-forest-management/#</a>.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham more like this
answering member printed Greg Hands more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-01-27T16:22:37.827Zmore like thismore than 2022-01-27T16:22:37.827Z
answering member
1526
label Biography information for Greg Hands more like this
tabling member
4740
label Biography information for Allan Dorans more like this