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Question follow-through · 6533

Disposable Wipes: Plastics

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to prohibit the sale and use of wet wipes containing plastic.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
4 Oct 2024
Target answer date
8 Oct 2024
Answer
10 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to prohibit the sale and use of wet wipes containing plastic.

  2. 8 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    This Government has called for the banning of the sale of wet wipes containing plastic.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

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Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

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14 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 October to Question 6533 on Disposable Wipes: Plastics, on what date he plans to bring forward proposals to implement a ban on the sale of wet wipes contai

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Peas: Allergies

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Peas

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Sewers: Property Development

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Drinking Water: Testing

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Trapping

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Public Lavatories: Men

3 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require the provision of sanitary waste bins in men's bathrooms.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Public Lavatories: Men

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Animal Welfare

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Air Pollution

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Fly-tipping: Fines

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