Question follow-through · 121008
Plastics: Pollution Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to restrict the use/sale of non-essential single-use plastic products.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 16 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 19 Mar 2026 · 3 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
16 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to restrict the use/sale of non-essential single-use plastic products.
18 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Government recognises the scale and impact of plastic pollution on the environment and is focused on preventing and reducing plastic and other litter entering the environment. We have a number of restrictions on unnecessary single use plastic products...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Per- and polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances
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Animal Products: Import Controls
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to end the importation of hunting trophies.
Greyhounds: Animal Welfare
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Greyhound Board of Great Britain's roles as industry representative and regulator on its ability to prioritise greyhou
Greyhounds: Animal Welfare
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria her Department uses to assess the effectiveness of the Greyhound Board of Great Britain as a regulator of greyhound welfare.
Timber: National Security
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Forests
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Dangerous Dogs: Insurance
10 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the evidence base was for requiring third-party liability insurance for banned breeds, and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of removing the requirement.
Dangerous Dogs: Children
10 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how a prohibition on children being left unsupervised with banned breeds will be enforced; and what will be the consequences for doing so.