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Disposable Wipes: Plastics

Asked by Josh SimonsLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 19 November 2024UIN 14165

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to ban the (a) sale and (b) manufacture of wet wipes that contain plastic.

Answered by Emma Hardy

The Government is working together with the devolved Governments to understand the issue, with a view to legislate to ban wet wipes containing plastic across the UK.

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