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

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to consult stakeholders on the further devolution of forestry, including the cross-border functions and shared services of the Forestry Commission.

The UK Government, after being approached by Scottish Ministers in June, have agreed that officials will work jointly to consider options for the transfer of Forestry Commissioners’ powers and duties, as they relate to Scotland, to Scottish Ministers.

No decisions have been taken yet and any legislative reforms will be subject to the usual Parliamentary scrutiny.