Oral Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 5 September 2024Answered: 12 September 2024
Asked by
Ms Polly Billington
Labour — East Thanet
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answer from Hansard
Mary Creagh
I welcome my hon. Friend to her place. We need to educate the public and ourselves that there is no such place as “away” and that when we bring our children and our picnics to the beach, we should consume the food and leave only footprints in the sand. I am convening a circular economy taskforce, and we will look at seasonal needs as part of that.