Question follow-through · 13334
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, on the potential impact of moving the Kew herbarium to Thames Valley Science Park on the stud
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 8 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 14 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 19 Nov 2024 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, on the potential impact of moving the Kew herbarium to Thames Valley Science Park on the stud
14 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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19 Nov 2024
Answer published
Defra officials are engaged with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew on development of the New Herbarium Project proposal. Kew’s Herbarium collections are some of the largest and most important in the world, holding over seven million vascular plant specimens, col...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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