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Plastics: Waste

Asked by Paula BarkerLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 25 July 2024UIN 716

The question

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.

Answered by Mary Creagh

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

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