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Microplastics: Drinking Water

Asked by Carla LockhartDemocratic Unionist PartyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 21 May 2025UIN 51982

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the prevalence of microplastics in UK drinking water sources; and what steps he has taken to (a) regulate and (b) reduce microplastic pollution

Answered by Emma Hardy

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 24 April to Question UIN 45139.

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