Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 99506

Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances

Tabled: 12 December 2025
Answered: 17 December 2025

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

LabourSlough

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of grouping Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in regulation.

Answer

Emma Hardy
PFAS represent a group of thousands of chemicals, with hundreds used commercially across many sectors of industry and society. The structural diversity of PFAS poses a challenge to grouping. The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) published an “Analysis o...

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