Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 53783

Microplastics: Pollution Control

Tabled: 20 May 2025
Answered: 23 May 2025

Question

Helen Maguire

Liberal Democrat — Epsom and Ewell

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce microplastic pollution from combined sewer outflows.

Answer

Emma Hardy
Tackling marine litter and plastic pollution is a priority for the UK Government, which is why we are working domestically and internationally to implement measures that will prevent macro-sized plastic litter which are sources of microplastics from reach...
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