Question follow-through · 85036
Plastics: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of trends in the number of manufacturers using imported virgin plastic on (a) the environment and (b) rev
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 24 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 31 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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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
24 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of trends in the number of manufacturers using imported virgin plastic on (a) the environment and (b) rev
28 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
31 Oct 2025
Answer published
There is currently no planned assessment regarding the potential impact of trends in the number of manufacturers using imported virgin plastic on the environment. HM Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs are currently evaluating the Plastic Packaging Tax, u...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Furs: Imports and Sales
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Water Supply
4 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures are in place to enable those parts of the country with a surplus of water to redistribute it to those areas in need.
Greyhounds: Animal Welfare
10 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of amending the Welfare of Racing Greyhounds Regulations 2010 to include dog nose prints as an means of identifying raci
Greyhounds: Animal Welfare
10 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of amending the Welfare of Racing Greyhounds Regulations 2010 to remove the requirement for racing greyhounds to be iden
Nature Conservation
10 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of Natural England’s Recovering Nature for Growth, Health and Security strategy.
Nature Conservation
10 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has held discussions with Natural England on their Recovering Nature for Growth, Health and Security strategy.
Social Prescribing
10 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of green social proscribing on levels of mental health and wellbeing.
Hunting: Public Consultation
14 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the consultation on hunting will review exemptions under the Hunting Act 2004.
Hunting Act 2004: Fines
14 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of current penalties for offences under the Hunting Act 2004 in deterring illegal hunting.
Hunting
14 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure trail hunting is not used as a cover for the illegal hunting of wild mammals with dogs.
Water: Standards
14 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Bathing Water (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2025, what she plans to extend these protections to all recreational water users.
Water: Standards
14 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Bathing Water (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2025, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of (a) extending the bathing seaso