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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help support community orchards.

Asked by
Hilary Benn (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 December 2021
Reference
86044
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote community orchards.
Asked by
Jesse Norman (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
16 May 2013
Reference
563 c782; 155346
House
House of Commons

Community orchards provide a place for local people to reconnect with nature, and they encourage biodiversity. That is why we have worked across government and with the European Union to make it easier for local people to establish community orchards.

Answered by
David Heath (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
16 May 2013
Reference
563 c782
House
House of Commons

In Herefordshire, the Bulmer Foundation does outstanding work in opening up community orchards for disadvantaged people from all backgrounds, and only last week Orchard Art was celebrated at a special service in Hereford cathedral. Does the Minister of State share my view that community orchards can have enormous social as well as environmental value, and will he join me in congratulating the Bulmer Foundation on its Orchard Art initiative?

Asked by
Jesse Norman (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
16 May 2013
Reference
563 c782
House
House of Commons

Herefordshire has the distinction of being the second best county in the country for production of orchards. In 2012, research commissioned by Natural England found that community orchards produced a range of valuable benefits over and above the fruit they supply. They provide a haven for wildlife, lock up carbon and enhance the quality of life of the people living around them. I do indeed congratulate the Bulmer Foundation on the work it is doing and the difference it is making for local communities.

Answered by
David Heath (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
16 May 2013
Reference
563 c782
House
House of Commons

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Member
Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Members' contributions
Date
16 May 2013
Reference
563 c782
House
House of Commons

Adjournment debate on community orchards.

Lead member
Paul Maynard
Answering member
James Paice
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Adjournment debates
Date
27 June 2011
Reference
530 c727-34
House
House of Commons

I am pleased, both as a Conservative Member of Parliament and as the Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys, to speak about this important subject of community orchards. However, I am more pleased still, because I am also a russet, which is not merely a type of apple, but the...

Member
Paul Maynard (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
27 June 2011
Reference
530 c727
House
House of Commons

Indeed, and I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. My constituency has no green space apart from a golf course plonked in the middle of it, so I would welcome more green of any variety. It is also important to recognise that the last Government—although no Labour Member is...

Member
Paul Maynard (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
27 June 2011
Reference
530 c728-9
House
House of Commons

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys (Paul Maynard) on obtaining tonight's debate. He wisely commented on—perhaps foresaw—my initial reaction when I saw the subject of tonight's Adjournment debate on a non-voting night. However, having done the research that it is incumbent on me to...

Member
James Paice (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
27 June 2011
Reference
530 c729-34
House
House of Commons

I absolutely applaud my hon. Friend in his call for more community orcharding. I come from the county of Herefordshire, which is thrilled to be the largest cider orchard county in the country. Does he share my view that we should not restrict cider and other orchards to rural areas,...

Member
Jesse Norman (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
27 June 2011
Reference
530 c728
House
House of Commons