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Microplastics: West Dorset

Commons · Question 42913 · Tabled 31 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 3 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) monitor and (b) help reduce microplastic pollution in West Dorset constituency.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 3 Apr 2025

The Environment Agency is collaborating with the water industry on a suite of investigations into microplastics. This began in 2020 as part of the Chemical Investigations Programme and is continuing into the next phase of the Water Industry National Envir...