Question follow-through · 110220
Horticulture: Peat
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the performance, environmental impact, and scalability of peat-free alternatives within horticulture.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 2 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 5 Feb 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the performance, environmental impact, and scalability of peat-free alternatives within horticulture.
4 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Feb 2026
Answer published
Using the Responsible Sourcing Scheme for Growing Media methodology to assess the environmental impact of different types of growing media, it has been shown that all materials have an environmental impact, but for the most part, peat-alternatives have a ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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