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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 30 October 2025
Debate
Control of Mercury (Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations 2025Contribution
The global community recognises this danger. The Minamata Convention on Mercury, which the UK signed in 2013 and ratified in 2017, commits nations to reducing and eventually eliminating mercury use. Countries such as Norway, Sweden and Denmark have already banned amalgam entirely. The European Union is phasing it out completely this year and next. If the UK does not act, it risks falling behind international standards and undermining its environmental commitments.
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