Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 51704

Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances: Environment Protection

Tabled: 12 May 2025
Answered: 21 May 2025
Named Day

Question

Jayne Kirkham

Labour (Co-op)Truro and Falmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to align the UK with EU regulatory protections for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in his revised Environmental Improvement Plan.

Answer

Emma Hardy
The revised EIP, which will be published later this year, will set out action the government is taking to address environment risks from chemicals, including PFAS. We have reset our relations with our European partners, and we now need to use our strength...

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