Question follow-through · 7683
Mobile Phones: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the potential environmental impact of mobile phones going to landfill.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 7 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 17 Oct 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
7 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the potential environmental impact of mobile phones going to landfill.
9 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Oct 2024
Answer published
No assessment has been made of the environmental impacts of mobile phones going to landfill.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Marine Animals: Fishing Catches
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Agriculture
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Cats and Dogs: Animal Welfare
16 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has considered introducing further regulations on establishing (a) dog and (b) cat rescue organisations.
World War II: Medals
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