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Growers warn AHDB Horticulture may charge another year s levy
17 March 2021 |
Flower grower Simon Redden, along with two others, campaigned to abolish the levy
Campaigners who called for an end to AHDB Horticulture s compulsory levy have reacted angrily to suggestions that growers could still be charged a levy for another year.
There is industry speculation that the amount of parliamentary time required to amend the statutory instrument means that the legal basis for the levy may not be repealed before the end of the current financial year.
This is despite a majority vote to abolish AHDB Horticulture s levy and recent recognition of the vote s outcome by Defra Secretary George Eustice.