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Disposable Wipes: Plastics

Asked by Amanda HackLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 9 September 2025UIN 74912

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is for banning wet wipes containing plastic.

Answered by Emma Hardy

We are working together with the devolved Governments to ban wet wipes containing plastic across the UK. For England, we will legislate in Autumn this year.

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