Written question asked by Lord Birt (Crossbench) on Thursday, 20 July 2023, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 3 August 2023. It was answered by Lord Callanan (Conservative) on Thursday, 27 July 2023 on behalf of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

Drax Power Station

Question: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 18 July (HL9062), what was the factual basis behind his answer on 3 July (HL Deb col 984) that the BBC Panorama programme on Drax "provided an inaccurate representation of practices by the forestry and biomass sector".

Answer: Officials engaged extensively with the Government of British Columbia and Canadian forestry experts. They reviewed information from these sources and elsewhere about timber sales operations, timber harvests, forest stewardship, and the harvest system in place in British Columbia to assess the relevance of the claims.

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Type: Written question
Reference: HL9538
Session: 2022-23
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Subjects: Biofuels Broadcasting programmes Forests Drax power station
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk