Question follow-through · 104389
Plastics: Consumption
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will consider including a legally binding target to reduce virgin plastic consumption by 50% by 2030 upcoming Circular Economy Strategy.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 8 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 14 Jan 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will consider including a legally binding target to reduce virgin plastic consumption by 50% by 2030 upcoming Circular Economy Strategy.
12 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jan 2026
Answer published
This Government is committed to transitioning towards a circular economy where resources are kept in use for longer and waste is designed out. This systemic change, with investment in green jobs and vital infrastructure, builds a path to economic growth, ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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