Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 53971

Sanitary Products: Environment Protection

Tabled: 21 May 2025
Answered: 5 June 2025

Question

Anneliese Dodds

Labour (Co-op)Oxford East

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to carry out a comparative assessment of the potential impact of (a) disposable, (b) reusable and (c) other environmentally-friendly period products on the

Answer

Mary Creagh
Defra has no plans to carry out a comparative assessment of the environmental impact of different types of period products.