At the inaugural meeting, the MPs heard from Karl Morris, CEO of Norbord Europe, on the challenges faced by the wood panel manufacturing industry as a result of government subsidy to the wood burning renewable energy sector.
Alastair Kerr, DG of the WPIF, said: "We do have concerns about the future availability of domestically-sourced wood and the impact on prices which are being driven higher by increasing demand by the subsidised wood burning renewable energy sector."
Karl Morris added, "The biomass issue is crucially important to resolve for our industry. It is vitally important that we engage government in the levelling of the playing field with regards to the iniquitous subsidies that are distorting the supply and demand of wood in the UK."
