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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will commission a feasibility study into the proportion of imported trees and related material that could be produced domestically and use its findings to inform a strategic framework for tree production funding.

The Defra Trees Programme is investing in domestic nursery capacity to secure the future supply of tree seed and saplings. Funding supports improvements in the quantity, quality, diversity, resilience and biosecurity of supply, including £8.97 million for the Tree Production Innovation Fund to drive innovation in the nursery sector.