Question follow-through · 41919
Sanitary Products: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made a comparative assessment of the environmental impact of disposable period products and (a) environmentally friendly and (b) reusable products.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 27 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 31 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 1 Apr 2025 · 5 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
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
27 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made a comparative assessment of the environmental impact of disposable period products and (a) environmentally friendly and (b) reusable products.
31 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Apr 2025
Answer published
Defra has not carried out a comparative assessment of the environmental impact of different types of period products.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Air Pollution: Ethnic Groups
27 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of air pollution on different groups by ethnicity.
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