What discussions has the Minister had with Natural Resources Wales about reducing or increasing the volume of timber brought to market?
Answered by Minister for Climate Change | Answered on 02/12/2021
Natural Resources Wales has a Timber Sales and Marketing Plan 2021-2026. Welsh Government and NRW had regular discussions about the development of this plan. The volumes of timber they are producing this year and are planning to produce next year are in line with the plan. NRW are on course to achieve the volume set out in the 2020/21 programme of 830,000m3. For 2022/23 the volume they aim to bring to market is 749,000m3.