A Bill to prohibit the sale in the United Kingdom of timber and wood products that were obtained or produced illegally in their country of origin; and for connected purposes.
The Bill would make it illegal to sell, knowingly or not, timber that had been:obtained illegally in any way in the country of originexported illegally from its country of originimported illegally into any countryIt would also make it an offence to falsify records with regard to the harvesting, importing or exporting of timber. The maximum penalties included in the Bill are up to five years’ imprisonment and a fine of up to £100,000.
House of Commons
12 April 2010
This bill would make it illegal to sell in the UK timber and wood products that were obtained illegally, exported illegally, or imported illegally in their country of origin. It also criminalises falsifying records about harvesting, importing or exporting timber, with penalties of up to five years’ imprisonment and fines up to £100,000.
The bill is currently at the second reading in the House of Commons, meaning MPs are debating its general principles; no votes have taken place yet in this stage.
Generated 21 February 2026
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 6 January 2010 This is known as First Reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
The 2009-10 session of parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
