'Obscene' urgency on forestry bill will cost jobs, MPs told

'Obscene' urgency on forestry bill will cost jobs, MPs told
Gavin Evans
The government’s “rough and rushed” legislation to try to manage log flows from the country’s forests would cost jobs and slow the recovery of the economy post-covid, MPs were told today. Parties had just one week to submit on legislation – being managed under Budget urgency – which will set up a register for forestry advisers and log traders but which would also grant wide powers to the Minister of Forestry to set industry standards for everything from forest management to sales contracts. Forestry consultant and investor Don Hammond sai...

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