Oliver Dowden MP: written questions

4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026

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Written questions

Plastics: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129469More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to help reduce waste caused by single use plastics.
Answer: This Government has already taken a number of steps to help reduce waste caused by single use plastics. We have banned the supply of single-use vapes, effective from 1 June 2025. From this date onwards all vapes sold in the UK must be rechargeable and ref...
Answered 28 Apr 2026
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Plastics: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129468More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made in helping to reduce the amount of plastic waste.
Answer: This Government is committed to moving to a circular economy for plastics – a future where resources are kept in use for longer and waste is designed out. This systemic change, with investment in green jobs and vital infrastructure, builds a path to econo...
Answered 28 Apr 2026
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PlasticsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129467More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the use of plastic.
Answer: This Government has already taken a number of steps to help reduce the use of plastic. We have banned the supply of single-use vapes, effective from 1 June 2025. From this date onwards all vapes sold in the UK must be rechargeable and refillable. We have ...
Answered 28 Apr 2026
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Marine Protected Areas: Bottom TrawlingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will prohibit bottom-towed fishing gear in all 41 Marine Protected Areas.
Answer: The consultation on the latest round of proposed fisheries byelaws, which proposes further restrictions on bottom trawling in 41 of England’s offshore Marine Protected Areas, closed on 29 September. The Marine Management Organisation is now carefully cons...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament record

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Department or topic	Published records
Department for Business and Trade	2
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	22
Department for Education	2
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	13
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	4
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	2
Department for Transport	23
Department of Health and Social Care	23
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	2
Home Office	14
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	52
Ministry of Justice	17
Treasury	5

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