Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 716

Plastics: Waste

Tabled: 18 July 2024
Answered: 25 July 2024

Question

Paula Barker

LabourLiverpool Wavertree

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with business to reduce the (a) manufacture and (b) distribution of single use plastic products.

Answer

Mary Creagh
This Government is committed to banning the sale, supply and manufacture of wet wipes containing plastic.