Fruit, Vegetables and Horticulture

Lords Chamber
English Horticultural Sector (Horticultural Sector Committee Report) - Fri 19 Apr 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Curry of Kirkharle (XB - Life peer) More fruit and vegetable consumption is essential if we are to improve the nation’s health. - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Newcastle (Bshp - Bishops) They have raised beds and greenhouses, and grow fruit and veg. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) Any strategic plan to increase fruit and vegetable production, for example, needs to be coupled with - Speech Link
4: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) This is a country that has a unique agricultural heritage, with a fruit and vegetables sector that we - 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: We were able to share meals; e.g. half a sandwich, encouraged consumption of fruit and yoghurt, to

Select Committee

Oral Evidence Apr. 18 2024

Inquiry: Food, Diet and Obesity
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Food, Diet and Obesity Committee

Found: Generally the first thing you see when you go into a supermarket is fresh fruit and vegetables.

Select Committee

Correspondence Apr. 18 2024

Committee: European Scrutiny Committee

Found: • Under what timeline and process will DEFRA decide whether to update UK standards on fruit and vegetables

Lords Chamber
NHS: Long-term Sustainability - Thu 18 Apr 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Boycott (XB - Life peer) In the Friends Shop there was not one piece of fruit. - Speech Link
2: Lord Allan of Hallam (LD - Life peer) some of the biggest gains could quickly be realised, because there is a large amount of low-hanging fruit - Speech Link

Grand Committee
Official Controls (Fees and Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 - Thu 18 Apr 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) This instrument ensures that certain imported goods are not within scope of this charge, including fruit - Speech Link
2: None Most soft fruit plants—strawberries, raspberries, tomatoes and fruit trees—are imported by UK growers - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LD - Life peer) These countries’ goods that are not within scope include fruit and vegetables, which are currently treated - Speech Link

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
First Minister’s Question Time - Thu 18 Apr 2024

Mentions:
1: Brown, Keith (SNP - Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) changes to United Kingdom migration rules will have on the seasonal workforce in Scotland, as the soft fruit - Speech Link

Select Committee

Oral Evidence Apr. 17 2024

Committee: Environmental Audit Committee

Found: The low-hanging fruit has been easily harvested but there is the figure I keep going back to of 155,000

Select Committee

Oral Evidence Apr. 17 2024

Committee: Environmental Audit Committee

Found: The low-hanging fruit has been easily harvested but there is the figure I keep going back to of 155,000

Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Environment Agency

Apr. 17 2024

Found: substances 02 01 09 agrochemical waste other than those mentioned in 02 01 08 02 03 wastes from fruit