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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 13 Oct 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Steve Reed (LAB - Streatham and Croydon North) the biggest increase in social and affordable housing in a generation, and to transform the safety and - Speech Link
2: Steve Reed (LAB - Streatham and Croydon North) children, and on homelessness and rough sleeping. - Speech Link
3: Samantha Niblett (Lab - South Derbyshire) People there told me that they were concerned about the lack of interest in careers in gardening and - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Committee stage part one - Tue 09 Sep 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: None protection of land for community gardening and allotments”. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (LD - Life peer) Incidentally, she has done so much in this House through her All-Party Gardening and Horticulture Group - Speech Link
3: Lord Crisp (XB - Life peer) risks of mental and physical illness and disease. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Employment Rights Bill
Report stage - Wed 16 Jul 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Noneand “rehire and replace” practices. - Speech Link
2: None The later amendments, Amendment 153 and following, are very time-sensitive and relate to Parts 4 and - Speech Link
3: None horticulture,(ii) the creative industries, including theatre and live performance,(iii) retail,(iv) - Speech Link
4: None with the noble Lords, Lord Leong and Lord Katz, and others, and subsequently sent a written response - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Holocaust Memorial Bill
Committee stage - Thu 20 Mar 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) dads and everyone else to use, and create some other construction access between the southern gate and - Speech Link
2: Lord Khan of Burnley (Lab - Life peer) I recognise her great contribution to horticulture, landscaping and gardening. - Speech Link
3: Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) shiny—at least it will be, until the bronze tarnishes—and the architectural world oohs and aahs and - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Horticultural Peat (Prohibition of Sale) - Wed 06 Nov 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Sarah Dyke (LD - Glastonbury and Somerton) of people in the industry, and, if done correctly, will bring huge opportunities for British horticulture - Speech Link
2: Christopher Chope (Con - Christchurch) Why are we having a go at the use of peat in horticulture and agriculture when we could be dealing with - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Holocaust Memorial Bill
2nd readingSecond Reading - Wed 04 Sep 2024
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Baroness Altmann (Non-affiliated - Life peer) I appreciate the feelings and concerns of the noble Lords, Lord Carlile and Lord Russell, and I am very - Speech Link
2: Lord Lisvane (XB - Life peer) garden and area of public open space and recreation; and … the impact on the significance of heritage - Speech Link
3: Lord Turnbull (XB - Life peer) there, that there was too much construction and not enough outreach and education, and that it was a - Speech Link
4: Baroness Fookes (Con - Life peer) I would have declared my interest as the co-chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Gardening and Horticulture - Speech Link
5: Lord Polak (Con - Life peer) And one day, I hope that my children and grandchildren will take their children and grandchildren, and - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Lord Redesdale (LD - Life peer) If we are to secure food security and environmental goals, horticulture should have more proactive support - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Newcastle (Bshp - Bishops) people whom the sector relies on and the benefits that horticulture can have for us all. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) The report also talks about the benefits of community gardening and allotment spaces, and the noble Lord - Speech Link
4: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) strategy for England, and have a Minister responsible for horticulture. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Horticultural Peat: Prohibition of Sale
1st reading - Tue 16 Apr 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Theresa Villiers (Con - Chipping Barnet) for compost and other growing media for gardening and horticulture.Extraction degrades the state of - Speech Link
2: Christopher Chope (Con - Christchurch) extremely dirty, but why are we concentrating on just one particular niche industry in our country—horticultureand - Speech Link


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 committed to ending the use of peat in horticulture in England, and we will legislate - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) They absorb water and moisture and improve the habitat. - Speech Link
3: Christian Wakeford (Lab - Bury South) Communities and DEFRA. - Speech Link
4: Robert Courts (Con - Witney) The Attorney General and I meet regularly with the SFO and the CPS to assess best practice and to see - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Hedgerows: Legal Protection - Wed 24 Jan 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Selaine Saxby (Con - North Devon) improving the structure and longevity of hedgerows and maintaining them as distinctive and historic - Speech Link
2: Daniel Zeichner (Lab - Cambridge) I will go back and read her speech closely, and hon. - Speech Link
3: Trudy Harrison (Con - Copeland) parliamentary group on gardening and horticulture in this area. - Speech Link
4: Rebecca Pow (Con - Taunton Deane) That gives me a great opportunity to talk about gardening; I used to be a gardening presenter and journalist - Speech Link