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Horticulture: Peat

Asked by Perran MoonLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 18 December 2025UIN 99397

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to deliver the commitment in the 2025 Environmental Improvement Plan to legislate to end the sale of horticultural peat; and what her timetable is for brin

Answered by Mary Creagh

The Government plans to legislate for a ban on the sale of peat and peat containing products when parliamentary time allows.

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