Question follow-through · 88388
Plants: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of rhododendron sales on woodland (a) management and (b) restoration.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 5 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 12 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of rhododendron sales on woodland (a) management and (b) restoration.
12 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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12 Nov 2025
Answer published
Defra has not conducted a formal assessment specifically regarding the impact of rhododendron sales on woodland management or restoration. However, the Department recognises that Rhododendron ponticum is a highly invasive non-native species that poses a s...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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