Written questions

Public Lavatories: Men

Commons · Question 28158 · Tabled 3 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 11 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Daisy Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require the provision of sanitary waste bins in men's bathrooms.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 11 Feb 2025

The Government oversees policy and legislation with respect to the safe management of waste and litter as well as the protection of drains and sewers. It does not, however, have powers to compel the provision of sanitary bins in public toilets. The mainte...