Horticulture: Peat
(asked on 18th September 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to introduce legislation to ban the use of horticultural peat for amateur gardeners.
Answered by
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 6th October 2025
Ministers are committed to protecting our nature-rich habitats, including peat bogs and are looking at next steps for measures to end the use of peat in horticulture.