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Plastics: Treaties

Commons · Question 27463 · Tabled 29 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 5 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Simon Opher

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had discussions with the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries on the UN Global Plastics Treaty.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 5 Feb 2025

The UK Government, at all stages of the INC process, has made it a priority to engage with a broad range of stakeholders across the plastics value chain, including trade associations representing fossil fuel and petrochemical industries. We partnered with...