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Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Commons · Question 13334 · Tabled 8 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 19 Nov 2024

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Asked by Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, on the potential impact of moving the Kew herbarium to Thames Valley Science Park on the stud

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Answered by Mary Creagh, 19 Nov 2024

Defra officials are engaged with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew on development of the New Herbarium Project proposal. Kew’s Herbarium collections are some of the largest and most important in the world, holding over seven million vascular plant specimens, col...