Scottish Government calls for UK-wide peat ban and more Westminster money to restore Scotland's peatlands

Scottish agriculture minister Jim Fairlie has written to Defra secretary of state Emma Reynolds about a "shared intention to ban the sale of peat in horticulture, and to urge you to bring forward legislation on a cross-UK basis".

Jim Fairlie MSP: official image

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