Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 99397

Horticulture: Peat

Tabled: 11 December 2025

Answered: 18 December 2025

Question

Perran Moon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to deliver the commitment in the 2025 Environmental Improvement Plan to legislate to end the sale of horticultural peat; and what her timetable is for brin

Answer

Mary Creagh

The Government plans to legislate for a ban on the sale of peat and peat containing products when parliamentary time allows.