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

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to arrange for the publication of the minutes of all the meetings of the Forestry Commission's National Committee for England held since 1 September 2016; and whether they will place copies of such minutes in the library of the House.

The Forestry Commission publishes minutes and papers of the meetings of the National Committee for England on its website. Therefore copies of all meeting minutes, including meetings since the 1 September 2016, are in the public domain, subject to any redactions of ‘official sensitive’ information or ‘business sensitive’ information which would be likely to prejudice the effective conduct of public affairs, as laid out in the Freedom of Information Act.

There is no plan to place copies of minutes of the National Committee for England in the library of the House.