Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 121008

Plastics: Pollution Control

Tabled: 16 March 2026
Answered: 19 March 2026

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

LabourPoole

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to restrict the use/sale of non-essential single-use plastic products.

Answer

Mary Creagh
The Government recognises the scale and impact of plastic pollution on the environment and is focused on preventing and reducing plastic and other litter entering the environment. We have a number of restrictions on unnecessary single use plastic products...

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