Question follow-through · 68634
Plastics: Treaties
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to support the inclusion of strong measures in the Global Plastics Treaty to reduce plastic pollution and protect marine ecosystems.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 16 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 25 Jul 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to support the inclusion of strong measures in the Global Plastics Treaty to reduce plastic pollution and protect marine ecosystems.
21 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Jul 2025
Answer published
For too long, plastic has littered our ocean and threatened our wildlife. We urgently need an ambitious and effective international agreement to end plastic pollution by 2040. The United Kingdom has been a leading voice in the Intergovernmental Negotiatin...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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