Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 25858

Royal Botanic Gardens Kew: Public Appointments

Tabled: 22 January 2025

Answered: 7 February 2025

Question

Charlie Dewhirst

Conservative — Bridlington and The Wolds

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the public appointment advertisement for Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, published on 19 December 2024, for what reasons equality, diversity and inclusion

Answer

Mary Creagh

Equality, diversity and inclusion are a priority for this Government, as they were under the last. Defra wants Kew’s Board to continue to have skills in those areas, in order for Kew to effectively implement their ten-year Manifesto for Change, which was ...

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