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Select Committee
Roots to fruit Midlands Ltd
 ECL0025 - 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: ECL0025 - Education and Careers in Land-based Sectors Roots to fruit Midlands Ltd Written Evidence

Select Committee
Martin Emmett
 ECL0056 - Education and Careers in Land-based Sectors

Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024

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: ECL0056 - Education and Careers in Land-based Sectors Martin Emmett Written Evidence

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

Mentions:
1: Trudy Harrison (Con - Copeland) the role that gardening can play to increase hedgerows. - Speech Link
2: Trudy Harrison (Con - Copeland) mental benefits of horticulture. - Speech Link
3: 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

Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
Environment and Forestry Directorate

Dec. 20 2023

Source Page: Proposals for a ban on peat-based compost: EIR release
Document: Proposals for a ban on peat-based compost: EIR release (webpage)

Found: consult on a ban on the sale of peat related gardening products as part of our wider commitment to phase

Select Committee
Horticultural Trades Association
 ECL0026 - 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: ECL0026 - Education and Careers in Land-based Sectors Horticultural Trades Association Written Evidence

Select Committee
Royal Horticultural Society
 ECL0018 - 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: ECL0018 - Education and Careers in Land-based Sectors Royal Horticultural Society Written Evidence

Select Committee
Slade Gardens Community Play Association CIO
 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: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (Department: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)

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

Written Question
Horticulture: Peat
Wednesday 20th December 2023

Asked by: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have plans (1) to bring forward their proposed ban on the sale of all peat-containing products, or (2) revise the list of items exempted from the ban until 2030.

Answered by Lord Benyon

In August 2022 we announced that we would ban the sale of peat for use in amateur gardening; we remain committed to this and plan to legislate as soon as parliamentary time allows. It remains our policy that we intend to legislate to restrict, and ultimately ban, the sale of peat and peat containing products. Our proposals, announced in March this year, include technical exemptions up to 2030. We are continuing to hold discussions with the horticulture sector on possible technical exemptions for the continued use of peat in the professional sector up to 2030, and for conservation purposes thereafter.

Select Committee
Horticultural Trades Association
 CGW0005 - Cross-government working

Written Evidence Dec. 12 2023

Committee: Public Accounts Committee

Found: Green Spaces/Environmental Horticulture in all aspects of policy-making and regulatory impact

Scottish Parliament Written Question
S6W-23031
Tuesday 28th November 2023

Asked by: Dowey, Sharon (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - South Scotland)

Question

To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment has been made of the presence of the range of horticultural opportunities that are featured in careers guidance, including in the areas of (a) science, (b) technical, (c) retail, (d) tourism, (e) planning and (f) health.

Answered by Gougeon, Mairi - Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands

The Scottish Government recognises the wide range of careers available in the horticultural sector and the importance of educational pathways to deliver graduates equipped with the skills and expertise demanded by the sector. Officials are therefore currently giving careful consideration to the eight ‘Asks of Government’ included in the Horticultural Trades Association’s (HTA) Scottish Environmental Horticulture Growth Strategy. In regard to the ‘ask’ to raise the presence of horticultural opportunities in careers guidance, officials have been working closely with universities and colleges across Scotland, and Lantra who are the leading provider of training, qualifications and career guidance for land-based industries across the UK. These discussions were recently outlined to sector stakeholders and MSPs at the Gardening and Horticulture cross party group at Holyrood.

Encouraging horticultural skills across the workforce aligns with government ambitions to address current environmental challenges, such as the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss. The Scottish Government is committed to respond this year to the 22 recommendations in the Land-based Learning Review. The recommendations we accept will inform our actions to attract more people to work in Scotland’s land-based and aquaculture sectors and to improve learning pathways to equip them with the skills and knowledge needed.

Work to encourage people into horticultural careers and develop apprenticeships and higher education programmes designed to create highly skilled horticultural graduates for a range of careers is continuing.