Written questions

Disposable Wipes: Plastics

Commons · Question 13524 · Tabled 11 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 19 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Marie Goldman

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's timetable is for (a) introducing and (b) implementing a ban on wet wipes that contain plastic.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 19 Nov 2024

The Government is working together with the devolved Governments to understand the issue, with a view to legislate to ban wet wipes containing plastic across the UK.