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Plastics: Treaties

Asked by Graham LeadbitterScottish National PartyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 23 July 2025UIN 68934

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on signing the Global Plastics Treaty.

Answered by Emma Hardy

For too long, plastic has littered our ocean and threatened our wildlife. We urgently need an ambitious and effective international agreement to end plastic pollution by 2040.

The UK has been a leading voice in the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee and as a founding member of the High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution (HAC), the United Kingdom is committed to achieving an ambitious treaty.

Negotiations will resume in August with the aim of concluding negotiations on a new treaty. The UK is working with other countries, including allies in the High Ambition Coalition to achieve this.

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