Gardening and Horticulture

Select Committee

ECL0044 - Education and Careers in Land-based Sectors

Written Evidence Nov. 28 2023

Inquiry: Education and Careers in Land-based Sectors
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: ECL0044 - Education and Careers in Land-based Sectors Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food and Technology,

Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 01 Feb 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Rebecca Pow (Con - Taunton Deane) This Government are absolutely clear about the need to end the use of peat products in horticulture in - Speech Link
2: Rebecca Pow (Con - Taunton Deane) This Government are committed to ending the use of peat in horticulture in England, and we will legislate - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) They absorb water and moisture and improve the habitat. - Speech Link
4: Mark Spencer (Con - Sherwood) We are inviting it to the new horticulture working group announced in yesterday’s Command Paper, along - Speech Link

Select Committee

Report Nov. 06 2023

Committee: Horticultural Sector Committee

Found: Across the board we have heard that the benefits of gardening and horticulture as a wider sector contribute

Lords Chamber
Biosecurity and Infectious Diseases - Thu 18 Jan 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Earl of Cork and Orrery (XB - Excepted Hereditary) and movement, such as forestry and horticulture. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Walmsley (LD - Life peer) The committee agreed with that and called on the Government to improve recruitment of people into horticulture - Speech Link

Select Committee

CBE0128 - Children, young people and the built environment

Written Evidence Apr. 18 2024

Inquiry: Children, young people and the built environment
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee (Department: Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities)

Found: CBE0128 - Children, young people and the built environment Slade Gardens Community Play Association CIO

Select Committee

Government Response Feb. 12 2024

Committee: Horticultural Sector Committee

Found: Horticulture and agriculture are very dynamic industries.

Departmental Publication (Policy and Engagement)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Feb. 09 2024

Found: Horticulture and agriculture are very dynamic industries.

Scottish Government Publication (Consultation analysis)
Environment and Forestry Directorate

Dec. 21 2023

Found: Among those who do and answered the question , the most common use of peat was amateur gardening (59%

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Portfolio Question Time - Wed 08 Nov 2023

Mentions:
1: Hamilton, Rachael (Con - Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) of the cross-party group on gardening and horticulture in the Parliament last week, at which we discussed - Speech Link
2: Martin, Gillian (SNP - Aberdeenshire East) I had a good discussion with Stan Green, who had a stand on horticulture in the corridors of the Parliament - Speech Link
3: Slater, Lorna (Green - Lothian) islands, skills and education, transport, net zero and just transition, myself and other ministerial - Speech Link
4: Matheson, Michael (SNP - Falkirk West) NTC Fife and NTC Highland opened in the spring and, later this winter, NTC Forth Valley will open and - Speech Link

Select Committee

UGS0057 - Urban Green Spaces

Written Evidence Jan. 09 2024

Inquiry: Urban Green Spaces
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: young and old, enabled community and school gardening, trained horticulturists, nurtured careers, and